The PursueGOD Podcast, Author at pursueGOD.org

Bible Basics (Series)

Learn the basic history and structure of the Bible so you can get more out of reading it every day.

Resilience and the Power of Emotions

The key to resilience isn’t stuffing your emotions, it’s harnessing them. Feelings aren’t sinful. They are signposts to draw us toward greater dependence on God.

Resilient (Series)

A 5-week series on harnessing difficult emotions to build your faith.

The Advent of Joy

Joy is a decision to elevate God’s promises over our problems. Trust what God says more than what we see.

God’s Grace: Prevenient vs. Irresistible

Calvinists and Arminians agree that humans are saved by God’s grace alone. Does God apply grace in advance to allow people the capacity to follow him? Or does God apply grace to those who are chosen, in order to actually bring about their salvation?

The Advent of Peace

Christmas brings to mind the theme of peace, but ironically it’s one of the most stressful times of year! In today’s lesson we’ll explore the concept of peace (“Shalom” in Hebrew) and where it comes from in the Bible.

The Pursuit (Series)

A 12-topic discipleship track to teach the essentials of Christianity and help you go “full circle” in your pursuit of God.

Advent (Series)

Advent signifies the anticipation and preparation for the coming of Jesus Christ.

The Advent of Hope

The first candle of Advent represents hope: the expectation of a Messiah, a savior figure who would someday rescue Israel.

How to Read Scripture for Breakthrough

If you’re looking for breakthrough in your everyday life – with thoughts, emotions, or habits – don’t just try harder in the moment of crisis. Discipline your thought life with the spiritual habits around scripture.

Jesus’ Saving Work: For Everyone or for Some?

Calvinists and Arminians debate about the extent of Jesus’ death on the cross. Did he die for all people, or only for those God chose to save?

Watch for Jesus (Mark 13:28-37)

In Mark 13:28-37 Jesus finishes his Olivet discourse and his discussion of the End Times. He never gives an answer to the timing of the End, but he does give insight into how we should live in light of it.

Divine Election: Conditional or Unconditional?

The word “election” refers to the process of choosing. The Bible teaches that God chooses those who believe. But is God’s choice unconditional, based only on his own will? Or is God’s choice conditional, based on some quality or action of the person who is saved?

Signs of the End (Mark 13:14-27)

In Mark 13:14-27 Jesus talks about the Antichrist, the tribulation, and even the rapture. It begins to answer the ageless question: What will the End look like?

Human Nature: Inability or Free Will?

The two theological systems known as Calvinism and Arminianism disagree about many things. Their greatest agreement comes in their understanding of the human condition. The difference between the two approaches has to do with how God acts to remedy the human problem.

Sys Theo (Series)

A 12-topic intensive discipleship track to teach the essentials of Systematic Theology from a biblical perspective.

Are We Living In The End Times? (Mark 13:1-13)

Jesus talks about the end of the world. This passage has been studied and interpreted for generations, and it helps us to answer the question: are we living in the end times?

What Is the Posttrib Rapture Perspective?

The posttribulation rapture perspective presents the belief that faithful Christians will be gathered to meet Jesus in the air after the period of tribulation, which includes significant trials and events preceding Christ’s Second Coming.

What Is the Pretrib Rapture Perspective?

The pretribulation rapture perspective presents the belief that faithful Christians will be taken up to meet Jesus in the air before the period of tribulation, a time of significant trials and events that precede Christ’s Second Coming.

What Is the Prewrath Rapture Perspective?

The prewrath rapture perspective is a relatively modern interpretation of eschatology within certain Christian theological circles. It offers a distinct viewpoint on the timing of the rapture, which is the belief that faithful Christians will be taken up to meet Jesus in the air before or during the end-times events leading to Christ’s Second Coming.

What Is the Abomination of Desolation?

The “Abomination of Desolation” is a term with religious and prophetic significance that appears in both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. It is associated with events and prophecies related to the end times and the desecration of sacred places, particularly the Jewish temple in Jerusalem.

What Was the Maccabean Revolt?

The Maccabean Revolt, also known as the Maccabean Rebellion or the Hasmonean Revolt, was a Jewish uprising against the Seleucid Empire that took place in the 2nd century BCE. It is a significant event in Jewish history and is commemorated by the holiday of Hanukkah.

Who Was Antiochus IV?

Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid king who desecrated the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, played a central role in provoking the Maccabean Revolt. His actions were deeply offensive to the Jewish population and were one of the key factors that led to the uprising.

An Introduction To Calvinism and Arminianism

Today we start a 6-week series on one of the most heated theological debates of the last 500 years: Calvinism vs. Arminianism

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