MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast
Religion & Spirituality
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Read through Scripture with us! This will be a weekday podcast covering the reading for that day.
Episodes
- Job Ep. 91: Now One Way, Now Another
This episode, Job Ep. 91: Now One Way, Now Another, is part of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast. Contact information for Maple Grove Church is provided.
- Job Ep. 90: In This You Are Not Right
Job Ep. 90: In This You Are Not Right is part of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast. The episode description provides contact information for Maple Grove.
- Job Ep. 89: The Same Clay
This episode of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast is titled Job Ep. 89: The Same Clay. The podcast provides links to connect with Maple Grove Church through their website and social media channels.
- Job Ep. 88: Like Wine Ready to Burst
This episode of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast is titled "Job Ep. 88: Like Wine Ready to Burst". Links to connect with Maple Grove are provided.
- Job Ep. 87: The Breath That Gives Understanding
This episode, Job Ep. 87, is titled 'The Breath That Gives Understanding'. It is part of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast. Further information about Maple Grove can be found on their website and social media channels.
- Job Ep. 86: A New Voice in the Room
This episode, Job Ep. 86: A New Voice in the Room, is part of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast. Further information about Maple Grove can be found on their website and social media channels.
- Job Ep. 85: Sign Here
Job Ep. 85: Sign Here is part of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast. Listeners can find more information about Maple Grove through their provided website and social media links.
- Job Ep. 84: What the Crowd Never Knew
Job Ep. 84: What the Crowd Never Knew is part of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast. The episode description provides links to connect with Maple Grove on various social media platforms.
- Job Ep. 83: The Things We Kiss in Secret
This episode of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast is titled "Job Ep. 83: The Things We Kiss in Secret." Links to connect with Maple Grove are provided.
- Job Ep. 82: Made by the Same Hand
This episode, titled "Job Ep. 82: Made by the Same Hand," is part of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast. Additional information about Maple Grove can be found on their website and social media channels.
- Job Ep. 81: The Adultery Oath
This episode of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast is titled Job Ep. 81: The Adultery Oath. The description provides links to connect with Maple Grove church through their website and social media channels.
- Job Ep. 80: A Covenant with My Eyes
This episode of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast is titled 'Job Ep. 80: A Covenant with My Eyes.' It focuses on scripture reading from the Book of Job. Links to connect with Maple Grove are provided.
- Job Ep. 79: When I Hoped for Good
This episode of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast is titled "Job Ep. 79: When I Hoped for Good." Additional information about Maple Grove Church is available via their website and social media channels.
- Job Ep. 78: Attacked by God?
Job Ep. 78 of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast discusses the concept of being attacked by God. Additional information about Maple Grove can be found on their website and social media channels.
- Job Ep. 77: Honor Chased Away
This episode of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast is titled "Job Ep. 77: Honor Chased Away". The episode description provides contact information for Maple Grove, including their website and social media channels.
- Job Ep. 76: But Now
Job Ep. 76 discusses the opening of Chapter 30, marked by the phrase "but now," and introduces characters whose fathers were considered unworthy. This follows Chapter 29, which featured a king comforting mourners.
- Job Ep. 75: I Dwelt as a King
Job Ep. 75 discusses Job's life as described in chapter 29, where he was like a king comforting mourners, and contrasts this with the unexpected events of chapter 30.
- Job Ep. 74: Because I Rescued the Poor
In Job Ep. 74, Job describes his past life and actions at the city gate, presenting a defense against charges made by Eliphaz. The episode questions the narrative of his suffering.
- Job Ep. 73: How I Long for the Months Gone By
In Job Ep. 73, Job
- Job Ep. 72: Where Wisdom Lives
Job Ep. 72 explores the search for wisdom, concluding that it resides in a relationship rather than a physical place. This episode from the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast invites listeners to discover more about wisdom's true nature.
- Job Ep. 71: Not for Sale
This episode, Job Ep. 71: Not for Sale, discusses Job 28, likening the discovery of hidden things through mining to the inaccessibility and priceless nature of wisdom. Wisdom is presented as neither hidden underground nor available for pur…
- Job Ep. 70: Going Where No Bird Has Gone Before
Job 28 marks a shift for Job, moving from debating God's actions to a search for something profound. This episode from the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast explores this theme, noting that what Job seeks is beyond the grasp of any miner.
- Job Ep. 69: What the Wicked Inherit
In Job Ep. 69, Job refutes his friends' assertions that his suffering signifies guilt by explaining the actual inheritance of the wicked.
- Job Ep. 68: As God Lives
In Job Ep. 68: As God Lives, Job responds to his friends' persistent calls for a confession in chapter 27:1-12 with an oath. This episode from the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast examines Job's answer.
- Job Ep. 67: The Outer Fringe of His Ways
In Job 26, Job delivers a response filled with sarcasm and a cosmological hymn. He references Sheol, the suspended earth, clouds, the horizon, mountains, and a defeated sea monster, suggesting these are merely the outer fringe of a greater…
- Job Ep. 66: The Debate Runs Dry
Job 25 features Bildad's brief response to Job's challenge, consisting of general theology about God's power and human unworthiness. This shortest speech in the book signifies the collapse of the dialogue cycle, as Zophar never speaks agai…
- Job Ep. 65: Rebels Against the Light
Job Ep. 65 discusses Job 24:13–25, which concludes Job's catalog of injustice by describing wicked individuals who operate at night. Job refutes his friends' theories on the fate of the wicked and directly challenges them to correct him if…
- Job Ep. 64: Why Doesn't God Set a Time?
In Job 24:1-12, Job shifts his focus from personal suffering to observing worldly injustices, including theft, exploitation, and suffering, noting that God does not seem to hold wrongdoers accountable.
- Job Ep. 63: If Only I Knew Where to Find Him
This episode explores Job 23, focusing on Job's personal desire to find and reason with God. It examines his experience of feeling unable to locate God while navigating his ongoing suffering and faith.
- Job Ep. 62: Good Words, Wrong Man
This episode analyzes Job 22:21-30, where Eliphaz offers seemingly beautiful advice to Job. While containing genuine truths, the advice is based on a flawed understanding of Job's circumstances, ultimately misinterpreting Job's future role…
- Job Ep. 61: Words He Never Said
In Job Ep. 61, the podcast discusses Job 22:12–20, where Eliphaz alleges Job holds incorrect theological beliefs, such as God being unable to see through clouds, and uses the flood narrative as a warning.
- Job Ep. 60: The Charges
In Job Ep. 60, Eliphaz directly accuses Job in Job 22:1–11, claiming Job's suffering is due to fabricated wrongdoings like broken pledges and mistreatment of the vulnerable. The episode critiques this flawed reasoning.
- Job Ep. 59: Nothing Left but Falsehood
This episode covers Job 21:27–34, marking the end of the second cycle of the dialogue. Job addresses his friends' arguments and concludes that their answers are false.
- Job Ep. 58: How Often?
This episode examines Job 21:17–26, exploring Job’s challenges to his friends' arguments regarding the suffering of the wicked and the nature of divine punishment. It highlights Job's reflection on the shared fate of mortality regardless o…
- Job Ep. 57: Why Do the Wicked Prosper?
In Job Ep. 57, Job questions the common belief that the wicked always suffer, citing his observations that they often prosper, their children thrive, and they die peacefully, even while defying God.
- Job Ep. 56: No Way Out
In Job 20:12-29, Zophar characterizes a wicked individual who enjoys evil until it causes distress, leading to the loss of riches. This passage is interpreted as a veiled accusation against Job.
- Job Ep. 55: Poison in the Belly
In Job Ep. 55, Zophar's description of ill-gotten riches being vomited up is explored, with imagery of evil savored like candy turning to serpent venom. This is presented as an indirect accusation toward Job.
- Job Ep. 54: Where Did He Go?
In Job 20:1–11, Zophar responds with wounded pride, deploying ancient wisdom to describe the wicked vanishing. However, his argument's framework is flawed and fails to take flight.
- Job Ep. 53: I Know That My Redeemer Lives
This episode of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast focuses on Job chapter 16, highlighting Job's declaration "I know that my redeemer lives" as a testament to his faith amidst suffering. It traces his search for a mediator through chapters…
- Job Ep. 52: Have Pity on Me
In Job Ep. 52, Job recounts the extensive losses he has endured, encompassing his wealth, children, and social connections. He expresses his despair to his remaining friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, stating, "Have pity on me. Because…
- Job Ep. 51: How Long Will You Torment Me?
In Job Ep. 51, Job confronts his friends and God, describing his suffering as divinely inflicted. The episode focuses on the raw, personal experience of suffering rather than theological doctrine.
- Job Ep. 50: The Wicked Man
In Job Ep. 50, the podcast examines Bildad's description of the wicked in Job 18:5-21, noting how it parallels Job's life and concluding that Bildad's assessment is wrong.
- Job Ep. 49: Shall the Earth Be Forsaken for You?
In Job Ep. 49, Bildad's second speech is examined, starting with four points: cease talking, stop insulting, end self-destruction, and do not expect God to alter reality for you. While the speech is theologically sound and logically struct…
- Job Ep. 48: Where Is My Hope?
Job 17 concludes bleakly with plans shattered and the grave as home, yet Job questions where hope lies. This inquiry serves as the chapter's most honest element.
- Job Ep. 47: The Righteous Will Hold On
In episode 47 of the MGCC Scripture Reading Podcast, the study focuses on Job 17:1-9. Despite immense personal suffering and a broken spirit, Job maintains a belief that the righteous will hold onto their convictions.
- Job Ep. 46: My Witness Is in Heaven
In Job 16:15-22, Job, despite his suffering and awareness of death, finds hope in a heavenly mediator. The podcast connects this to the Christian belief in a named advocate.
- Job Ep. 45: Miserable Comforters
In Job 16:1-14, Job criticizes his friends as "miserable comforters" and uses strong language to describe God, prompting reflection on how honest lament can be perceived as accusation.
- Job Ep. 44: Prosperous on the Outside
In Job Ep. 44, Eliphaz concludes his speech by describing the wicked as outwardly prosperous but inwardly facing ruin. The episode analyzes how Eliphaz's theological points, while containing truth, become problematic when applied as rigid…
- Job Ep. 43: The Paranoia of the Wicked
Job Ep. 43 examines Eliphaz's description in Job 15:17-26 of the wicked man's tormented life, highlighting Eliphaz's misguided assumption that Job's suffering indicates sin, leading to flawed logic.
- Job Ep. 42: Hot Air and Rage
This episode examines Job 15:1-16, focusing on Eliphaz's critique of Job. The discussion explores how theological arguments can be misused and the distinction between honest questioning and rage.