Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

Devout Jewish Men and Women of Jerusalem KILL JESUS.  So saith Peter.  He says you Jews used the hands of Lawless Men, the Romans to do the dirty work.

You killed Jesus.  So pay close attention to who…

The good Lord is POURING out His Spirit. However, the target of this generosity is the very prickly humanity.  He pours on imperfect, uncooperative flesh.  It is a good thing.  Perfect people don't n…

A group of mockers witnesses the Holy Spirit being POURED FORTH on people.  To explain, Peter goes back 800 YEARS! God told of this long ago.  What are you so surprised at?  Shouldn't you have been w…

The Holy Spirit is introduced to the planet. Peter says the Person of the Holy Spirit CAN BE KNOWN.  You could ask a good follow up question after meeting His acquaintance such as "What does this mea…

God has gathered in Jerusalem Jews and converts from all over the known world to witness the coming of the Holy Spirit.  He goes to great effort to bring them there.  He goes to great effort to pre-c…

Two groups of people are present for the Pentecost of the Holy Spirit.  The receivers, who are a group of people including the disciples from 80 miles away in Galilee.

Then there are "local" Jews livi…

Today is our FIRST CONTACT
with an amazed, perplexed group of devout Jew's FIRST CONTACT
of a group of Galilean Apostles and disciple's FIRST CONTACT
with the FIRST CONTACT of the Holy Spirit upon our p…

The disciples need a 12th guy.  They know that the Lord knows who it is.  Their problem is how do THEY get the message all the way from heaven to the room they are in. How do they do it?  You'll neve…

Why were there 12 disciples originally?  Because Jesus said so.
Why were there 11 disciples after the last supper?   Because Judas said so.
Why were there 12 disciples after the ascension? Because DAVI…

There was a man who had a secret life and fooled everybody.  Everybody thought he "was one of us" and shared even in ministry.  But he didn't fool Jesus.  He knew all along.  Eventually, the whole wo…

An orchestra is a good example of what it means to be of 1 ACCORD.  It is a group that is literally one the same page, with the same timing, following the same leader, and producing one product with …

Between the resurrection and the ascension, Jesus could be seen, heard, touched.  Based on His cooking, I'm presuming He had taste and smell.  This is the body that Jesus took with Him into heaven.  …

The Old Testament is primarily about the character, activity, and interaction of the Person of the FATHER  with the people of God.
The Gospels are primarily about the character, activity and interacti…

This is the Last Podcast of Be With Me, at least in the Gospels.  We have come full-circle in the chronological life of Jesus.  We started 19 months ago in Luke 7.  That was 575 episodes ago.  I was …

Jesus ends a very pesky section of Scripture with the the even peskier, "You therefore must be  PERFECT..." Rather than this leading us to pride,  Listen today as it leads us to our KNEES.

Perfect= ma…

The Lord asks us to make COMMON GRACE a little more common.  It is one of His characteristics.  It is a way that He demonstrates Himself to the world.  It is a way that He uses to make it easier for …

Loving neighbors might be easy.  Loving and seeking the highest good for my enemies definitely is not.  Why might I want to participate in this activity?

We are supposed to be involved in reflecting, …

There is a lot to do as a Christian.  One thing the Lord asks us NOT to concern ourselves with is RETALIATION.  Self-Justice.  Now don't worry, HE'S GOT THIS.  There is going to be perfect, holy, jus…