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The Bible Project Daily Podcast is an in-depth, daily study of the entire Bible, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. 

Episode Notes:  When Tradition Helps… and When It Hurts.  (2 Kings 15: 1-38)

We all have traditions.
 Some are personal.
You celebrate birthdays. You mark wedding anniversaries. You gather the family, blow out candles, cut the cake, and take the photos.... And that’s a good thing.
 We pause, reflect, and give thanks.
Traditions can be beautiful.
They can create belonging and reinforce values.
They give us memories that warm the heart.
 But — and here’s the tension —
Traditions can also lose their meaning.
 Because the bottom line — the three‑word application at the end of this episode — is something every believer can agree on.
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The Bible Project Daily Podcast is an in-depth, daily study of the entire Bible, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. 

Episode Notes:  How to be the Best Version of You. (2 Kings 14: 1-29)
If you have a job, any job, you have an enormous spiritual opportunity.
 I’m not talking about making more money.
I’m not talking about climbing the ladder or getting a promotion.
I’m talking about something far bigger.
 I’m talking about the possibility that your job is one of the greatest spiritual platforms God has given you.
 What if your home, or your ministry, or your daily responsibilities, is the arena where God is shaping you into the best version of you?
Because the principle we’re going to explore today applies to every believer, in every season, in every responsibility.
It applies to your job, yes — but also to your relationships, your Christian ministry, your decisions, your calling, and your character.
 To see it clearly, we’re going to look at three kings in 2 Kings 14, and how God evaluated their “performance.”
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The Bible Project: https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com
History of the Christian Church: https://thehistoryofthechristianchurch.buzzsprout.com
The L.I.F.E. Podcast: (Philosophy and current trends in the Arts and Entertainment Podcast).
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The Renewed Mind Podcast. My Psychology and Mental Health Podcast:
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Episode Notes:  When Christians Don’t Really Believe. (2 Kings 13: 1-25)
There’s a strange and unsettling reality in the Christian life that we don’t talk about very often. It’s this: Christians don’t always believe.
 Oh, we believe in God, that’s not the issue. We believe the gospel, we believe the Bible, and we even believe the creeds sometimes. But when life presses in, when circumstances tighten, when fear rises, or disappointment lingers… sometimes Christians stop believing in God Himself.
 We stop believing His promises, we stop believing we have His presence.
We stop believing in His power, and we stop believing in His goodness and the result is not atheism; it’s something far more subtle. It is a life lived as if God were small, distant, or disinterested.
 That’s the story of 2 Kings 13.
 It’s a chapter about spiritual inconsistency, about half‑hearted obedience, and about people who know better… but don’t live better. And if we’re honest, it’s a chapter about us.
 2 Kings 13 offers us a reflection on the Christian life that sometimes is not very flattering. But it’s also a chapter filled with astonishing grace because even when God’s people don’t believe, God remains faithful.
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The L.I.F.E. Podcast: (Philosophy and current trends in the Arts and Entertainment Podcast).
https://the-living-in-faith-everyday-podcast.buzzsprout.com
The Renewed Mind Podcast. My Psychology and Mental Health Podcast:
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The Bible Project Daily Podcast is an in-depth, daily study of the entire Bible, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. 

Episode Notes: 
Many people look back over their lives and say, “I’m grateful for the teachers I had. And of course, they don’t always mean schoolteachers. Sometimes the most influential teachers are the people God quietly places in our path, a parent, a mentor, a pastor, a friend, someone who shaped us without ever holding an official position.
There’s no substitute for a good teacher, but, and here’s the twist, it doesn’t always work.
You can have a good teacher… and a poor student.
Something goes wrong.
Was the teacher unclear?
Was the student inattentive?
Did someone skip their homework?
 Well, there’s a story in 2 Kings that explores exactly that dynamic — a teacher and a student — and it has a lot to teach us….
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The Bible Project: https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com
History of the Christian Church: https://thehistoryofthechristianchurch.buzzsprout.com
The L.I.F.E. Podcast: (Philosophy and current trends in the Arts and Entertainment Podcast).
https://the-living-in-faith-everyday-podcast.buzzsprout.com
The Renewed Mind Podcast. My Psychology and Mental Health Podcast:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568891
The Classic Literature Podcast:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568906
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The Bible Project Daily Podcast is an in-depth, daily study of the entire Bible, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. 
Episode Notes: When You Feel Like You’re Hanging by a Thread. (2 Kings 11: 1-20)
In today's passage, we have arrived at a moment where God’s entire program.  His covenant, His promise, His plan, is all hanging by a thread.   One wrong move, one unexpected death, one successful assassination… and the line of David would be wiped out.... And if the line of David is wiped out, the Messiah cannot come.
 This is one of the most dramatic “knife‑edge” moments in the Old Testament — and yet the story is not ultimately about danger, it’s about God’s faithfulness, even when everything looks like it’s about to collapse.
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Check out my other Podcasts.
The Bible Project: https://thebibleproject.buzzsprout.com
History of the Christian Church: https://thehistoryofthechristianchurch.buzzsprout.com
The L.I.F.E. Podcast: (Philosophy and current trends in the Arts and Entertainment Podcast).
https://the-living-in-faith-everyday-podcast.buzzsprout.com
The Renewed Mind Podcast. My Psychology and Mental Health Podcast:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568891
The Classic Literature Podcast:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568906
To visit my Author page on Amazon and view my entire back catalogue of books on both Amazon and Kindle and now also on Audible, Visit:
Amazon.com: Jeremy R Mccandless: books, biography, latest update