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More Than a Song - Discovering the Truth of Scripture Hidden in Today's Popular Christian Music - #400: "In Christ Alone" by Keith & Kristyn Getty feat. Alison Krauss

#400: "In Christ Alone" by Keith & Kristyn Getty feat. Alison Krauss

11/01/21 • 28 min

More Than a Song - Discovering the Truth of Scripture Hidden in Today's Popular Christian Music

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Our God is a God who celebrates milestones. This week is a significant milestone for the podcast, and the song "In Christ Alone" celebrates an anniversary, too! Let's celebrate by digging into God's Word!

When was the last time you let your curiosity lead you down a path that led to greater insight? Let's explore Scripture together.

In this episode, I discuss:

  • Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture - this week's Bible Interaction Tool Exercises include:
    • Read in context
    • Explore a topic
    • Consult an outside resource
    • Follow the cross-references
    • Define words
  • The 30 Day Music Challenge
  • 400 episodes - we've gone from 1 in 86,000 podcast in 2014 to 1 in 2,000,000 in 2021
  • A little controversy around this song - Al Mohler's The Briefing - Part Three
  • Considering the theology behind God's wrath being satisfied
  • Being discerning in what we take into our lives as truth
  • The various perspectives Scripture speaks about the cross of Christ
  • Wrestling through the uncomfortable ideas in Scripture - John 3:36
  • How we think about anger
  • Following the cross-reference to John 3:16-21
  • God's wrath is shown by honoring people's choices -- allowing their inevitable destruction - Romans 1:18-25
  • This idea -- "God is not content to let people sit in their own self destruction in the Bible -- God is on a mission to rescue." - Bible Project Video
  • How we are saved from God's wrath through Christ - Romans 5:9
  • How the consequences for our sins was "satisfied" by the death of Christ - 1 John 4:10
  • Propitiation and expiation - Ligonier.org Article
  • An opposing view - Ian Paul Blog Post
  • How God will absorb the consequences for our sin if we will stop rejecting Him

Additional Resources

Purchase your copy of A Seat at the Table today!

Change your music. Change your life. Join my free 30-Day Music Challenge. CLICK HERE.

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Our God is a God who celebrates milestones. This week is a significant milestone for the podcast, and the song "In Christ Alone" celebrates an anniversary, too! Let's celebrate by digging into God's Word!

When was the last time you let your curiosity lead you down a path that led to greater insight? Let's explore Scripture together.

In this episode, I discuss:

  • Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture - this week's Bible Interaction Tool Exercises include:
    • Read in context
    • Explore a topic
    • Consult an outside resource
    • Follow the cross-references
    • Define words
  • The 30 Day Music Challenge
  • 400 episodes - we've gone from 1 in 86,000 podcast in 2014 to 1 in 2,000,000 in 2021
  • A little controversy around this song - Al Mohler's The Briefing - Part Three
  • Considering the theology behind God's wrath being satisfied
  • Being discerning in what we take into our lives as truth
  • The various perspectives Scripture speaks about the cross of Christ
  • Wrestling through the uncomfortable ideas in Scripture - John 3:36
  • How we think about anger
  • Following the cross-reference to John 3:16-21
  • God's wrath is shown by honoring people's choices -- allowing their inevitable destruction - Romans 1:18-25
  • This idea -- "God is not content to let people sit in their own self destruction in the Bible -- God is on a mission to rescue." - Bible Project Video
  • How we are saved from God's wrath through Christ - Romans 5:9
  • How the consequences for our sins was "satisfied" by the death of Christ - 1 John 4:10
  • Propitiation and expiation - Ligonier.org Article
  • An opposing view - Ian Paul Blog Post
  • How God will absorb the consequences for our sin if we will stop rejecting Him

Additional Resources

Purchase your copy of A Seat at the Table today!

Change your music. Change your life. Join my free 30-Day Music Challenge. CLICK HERE.

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undefined - #399: "Woman At The Well" by Olivia Lane

#399: "Woman At The Well" by Olivia Lane

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God calls us into His story through Christ. But before we place ourselves in the middle of His story, we need to remember the Bible is God's grand story of redemption through His Son, Jesus Christ. Olivia Lane's new song "Woman At The Well" inspires us to explore a story in John 4 afresh.

Join me as we study this story in context and learn more about Jesus.

In this episode, I discuss:

  • Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture - this week's Bible Interaction Tool Exercises include:
    • Read in context
    • Read and keep on reading
    • Remember the people described in Scripture were real
    • Repetition
    • Start with God
    • Compare and contrast
    • Consult an outside resource
  • The 30 Day Music Challenge
  • Exploring Scripture in the "right" order
  • Reading the accounts leading up to our feature account and after - John 3-5
  • Recognizing that all Scripture is beneficial for our application - 2 Timothy 3:14-17
  • Recognizing that FIRST Scripture is about Jesus - John 5:37-40
  • The timing of Christ - John 4:1-3; Proverbs 15:23
  • Jesus preparing His disciples - John 4:2; Matthew 28:18-20
  • The divine appointment between Jesus and the woman at the well - John 4:4-6
  • The humanity of Christ - John 4:6
  • The deity of Christ - John 4:16-18
  • The woman moving from sarcasm to intrigue to proclamation
  • Comparing and contrasting Christ's encounter with Nicodemus in John 3 to His encounter with the woman at the well in John 4
  • Recognizing that regardless of who we are, the thing of most significant concern to Jesus is eternal life in Him
  • The joy of experiencing Jesus for yourself - John 4:42

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This Week's Challenge

Don't settle for a skimmed-over recap of this encounter between Jesus and the woman at the well. Start in John 3 and read through John 5 and then focus on John 4:1-42. Start with what you can learn about Jesus through uncovering His character, conduct, and concerns -- what He is like, what He says, what He does, and what He seems to value most. After you've started with Jesus, then you can compare yourself to the woman (or even Nicodemus from the previous chapter) and see how Jesus responds to you, too.

Purchase your copy of A Seat at the Table today!

Change your music. Change your life. Join my free 30-Day Music Challenge. CLICK HERE.

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undefined - #401: "RATTLE!" by Elevation Worship

#401: "RATTLE!" by Elevation Worship

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When an obscure passage is brought to light in the lyrics of a song, it gives us an excellent reason to engage in areas of Scripture we may have overlooked for a while. Elevation Worship's song "RATTLE!" refers to the bones of a prophet whose life is worth exploring.

Join me in looking into the life and miracles of the prophet Elisha inspired by our song this week.

In this episode, I discuss:

  • Taking a B.I.T.E. out of Scripture - this week's Bible Interaction Tool Exercises include:
    • Explore a topic
    • Read in context
    • Read and keep on reading
    • Meditate
    • Remember the people described in the Bible were REAL
    • Prayer
  • The 30 Day Music Challenge
  • The obscure story about a man coming to life after being tossed onto Elisha's bones - 2 Kings 13:20-21
  • Yearning for what is unseen, not what is unspoken, as we wrestle with the holy text of Scripture
  • Struggling with the question, "What am I supposed to do with this?"
  • Reading about the beginning of Elisha's personal ministry - 2 Kings 2:9-12
  • Watching the waters of the Jordan part for the third time in recorded Biblical history - 2 Kings 2:19-22
  • The frustration I felt while reading the accounts of Elisha and his ministry
  • Wondering what to do with accounts like the one in 2 Kings 2:23-25
  • The reminder in James that Elisha (thought a mighty prophet of renown) was just like us (had a human nature) - James 5:17
  • Praying for the wisdom of God as I wrestle with the text
  • What a "type" in Scripture is and my previous discussion in Episode 378
  • The shallows and depths of Scripture
  • Parallels between Elisha and Jesus - Ligonier.org Article
    • Both Elisha and Jesus receive the Spirit on the other side of the Jordan
    • More disciples surround both Elisha and Jesus than their predecessors
    • Both Elisha and Jesus cleanse lepers
    • Both Elisha and Jesus are itinerant miracle workers
    • Both Elisha and Jesus reverse death by raising dead sons and restoring them to their mothers
    • Both men had a covetous disciple
    • Both Jesus and Elisha end their lives in a life-giving tomb from which people flee
  • Parallels between Elisha and us as disciples

More Than a Song Playlist Additional Resources

Purchase your copy of A Seat at the Table today!

Change your music. Change your life. Join my free 30-Day Music Challenge. CLICK HERE.

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