Bible Story Podcast
Bradon: Can we be honest?
Jon: Of Course! Always
Bradon: Sometimes the Bible is really confusing and has some Really out there stories!
Jon: Oh does it ever! Coming up on our next episode we are going to be reading and learning one of those stories!
Bradon: You are listening to the discussion questions for the episode hold everything lightly!
Jon: In today’s story we saw a group of believers brought together in unity through God’s truth. They were all so excited to be in a relationship with God they felt it necessary to sell everything and give the money to the disciples to carry on the mission of spreading the story of Jesus. Ananias and Sapphira, a married couple, tried to deceive the group and receive praise by lying about what they had offered. They had secretly kept much of their land and only given a portion of the sale price to the disciples. When Peter confronted them on the lie they did not come clean with the truth. They both suffered death due to the deception of their people and God.
Jon: Hey Bradon do you have a crazy big prayer? A prayer that you could maybe describe as dangerous?
Bradon: Yeah, I have one that has made me uncomfortable and makes me fearful – but in a good way!
Jon: Today we are going to learn about a Dangerous Prayer!
Jon: You are listening to the discussion episode for the story A Dangerous Prayer.
Bradon: Today was the continuation of the story about the crippled man being healed. The religious leader arrested and confronted Peter and John about the healing and preaching about Jesus. The two men spoke boldly about Jesus and refused to listen and made it clear that they would continue to heal and speak about Jesus. The religious leaders released the two men with warnings and threats instructing them to stop. As soon as they were released they went back to meet with the other believers in prayer. The Holy Spirit came and they went out speaking and preaching boldly about Christ.
Today, Let us learn from the beggar and look to God with expectation.
Bradon: You and I both like to be right, I am sure it can be a point of contention sometimes with the people around us!
Jon: Definitely can be.
Bradon: Okay, keep that in mind, in your next story I couldn’t stop thinking about how frustrated I would have been to be in the disciple’s shoes!
Jon: It is hard, even in the small things to not brag about being right!
Bradon: you are here listening to the discussion questions for the episode Look to God with Expectation
Jon: In our story we met a lame beggar, struggling to live his day-to-day life. He sat outside of the temple, each day. Peter and John took notice of the man and gave him an amazing gift. They healed him! Immediately the man entered the temple and began to worship and praise God for the gift!
The Gift of the Holy Spirit to every follower of Jesus Christ is incredible! It also brings about some strange experiences as we will see.
Jon: Bradon, do you know any other languages
Bradon: I learned Spanish in high school and got pretty good at it!
Jon: I wish I could just, like, suddenly chat with you in Spanish. That would be awesome!
Bradon: Coming up on the Bible Story Podcast. Jon is going to talk in a different language!
Jon: You are listening to the discussion episode for the story found in Acts Chapter 2, which we titled the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Bradon: The disciples were praying in the morning when a loud noise like a windstorm came. Then what looked like floating flames rested on them, and they were filled with the Holy Spirit. They began speaking in different languages. Peter then spoke to the crowd gathered, and more than 3000 put their faith in Jesus and became Christians.
Jesus’ purpose pushes through followers of Christ in the midst of setbacks and hard times.
Bradon: Jon, How many times in your life have you heard, “Get back on that horse”
Jon: Well, I mean, I haven’t ridden too many horses in my lifetime, so…
Bradon: No, not that horse, Nevermind, I’ll explain more in the Episode to come!
Bradon: you are here listening to the discussion questions for the episode “Purpose Pushes Through.”
Jon: In today’s story, the disciples struggling with the betrayal of Judas and caring about the mission after the fact. They knew their calling and purpose, given to them by Jesus, and therefore knew that pushing through was necessary.
