Thrive: Deeper

The Gospel of LUKE - this is the second episode that our guides Matthew Jacoby and DJ Paine are taking us through this amazing book. This week we look at the early public minsitry of Jesus: The overlap of John the Baptist's ministry and Jesus's. The temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. Jesus' rejection in his home town. The acceptance of His ministry in the Galilee region. The first disciples and many miracles. The calling of the 12 Apostles The rejection of the religious leaders. It's a crammed episode! So grab your bibles and your copy of THRIVE! www.thrivetoday.tv

The Gospel of LUKE - the only Gospel written by a Gentile.... If you were to judge book length based on the number of chapters, you'd walk away thinking that Matthew and Acts are longer than Luke. After all, they both have 28 chapters and Luke's Gospel only contains 24. But with a word count of 19,482, Luke's is actually the longest. Acts has 18,450 Greek words, while Matthew's contains 18,346. In fact, even though Paul wrote the most books in the New Testament (13) followed by John (5), Luke is actually the New Testament's most prolific author by sheer volume. https://ratethispodcast.com/thrivedeeper http://www.thrivetoday.tv/ https://www.facebook.com/ThriveTodayPage/

The Song of Songs - otherwise known as the Song of Solomon. The Bible Project's Overview: Song of Songs https://youtu.be/4KC7xE4fgOw The history and influence of the book here on wikipedia. Matthew mentions the work of Old Testament scholar Iain Provan Like our Facebook page for updates and information.

Matthew and DJ conclude their look into the book of Ecclesiastes - will they find meaning and purpose in the middle of the smoke and vapour? Matthew recommends - https://www.bestcommentaries.com/ We also like - as a basic overview - the two Bible Project videos on Ecclesiastes: https://youtu.be/lrsQ1tc-2wk https://youtu.be/VeUiuSK81-0 We also recommend listening to the Thrive Perspectives episodes with Dr Clay Jones - Part one is here and Part two is here - about Death and Immortality. Head over to our website for all the ways to contact us and also to support what we do https://thrivetoday.tv/

Ready for a really personal episode of your favourite Bible podcast? Because as Matthew and DJ get into the book of Ecclesiastes some very "existential" thoughts and feelings bubble up.... which is pretty much exactly where the Book of Ecclesiastes wants to put you. We recommend listening to the Thrive Perspectives episodes with Dr Clay Jones - Part one is here - about Death and Immortality. Head over to our website for all the ways to contact us and also to support what we do https://thrivetoday.tv/

Our third and final part {for now} of a three part series on the book of JOB. We recieved such a great "question" from a wonderful listener Meg that we decided to use it as the frame for the first half of the episode. Meg writes in part: "The entire premise of Job occurs because God and Satan basically had a bet going about how righteous Job was and how much crap they could throw at him to test this out. Like some sick experiment. It seems to me that not only was it senseless suffering, which is hard enough to deal with on its own, but feels like it was even encouraged by God. .... And then when Job finally gets to ask God why (and honestly sometimes it doesn’t even matter why, it’s an expression of angst) he basically gets told off by God and his pitiful insignificance pointed out by the Loving Just Father who was basically the cause of it all in the first place. How was any of it just? God didn’t need to prove Job’s faithfulness to Satan. He’s God for crying out loud! I’ve just always struggled with the notion of who God appears to be in Job, it seems to be in complete conflict with a God that apparently loved the world so much he sent his only son to die for it.... And it just all makes me wonder if all the suffering we all go through in our lives is actually just God playing games with his children that ‘he so loves’ and maybe what I’ve been taught my whole life about God through the bible and church and my own apparent relationship with him is wrong. It’s the first thing you learn as a kid: God loves you. And yet he didn’t really love Job all that much to treat him like that...It was cruel..." Our very own DJ has prepared a simple Book of Job outline - you can download the PDF here. Make sure you like us on Facebook. Subscribe to our sister podcast Thrive: Perspectives.

the book of JOB - Part 2. Chapters 3 to 37! Download the overview here. www.ThriveToday.TV

Our 1st part of a three part series on the book of JOB. A lot of people have BIG questions about the book of Job! - if you have any questions please ask them here! Our very own DJ has prepared a simple Book of Job outline - you can download the PDF here. The Bible Project team have two very good videos on Job. The 1st is their book overview: https://youtu.be/xQwnH8th_fs The 2nd is the book of Job as "Wisdom Literature": https://youtu.be/GswSg2ohqmA Make sure you like us on Facebook. Subscribe to our sister podcast Thrive: Perspectives.

On this episode DJ and Matt finish the Bible! ....well sort of! Our intrepid readers finish the last two chapters of Revelation, the last book in the Bible. Please consider becoming a THRIVE ministry partner - support this ministry for just a few dollars a month - you can do that here. We are also heading into a new edition of the Thrive daily reading guide - you can purchase your own copy here.

Celebrating their 100th episode, the hosts engage in a lighthearted conversation before exploring the complexity of Revelation 19. They discuss the covenant vs. dispensational interpretations, the significance of Jesus coming on a white horse, and different views on the thousand year period in chapter 20. The hosts also announce website refresh and financial support plans, while expressing gratitude for reaching episode 100.