Live the Bible with Wayne Stiles

Our culture is a riptide.

I’m talking about that almost irresistible pull the world has on our hearts—those moments when the world’s alternatives to trusting God are easy and available—but deceptive. 

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When you seek answers, where do you look? (Besides Google.)

It’s tough to break old habits. Whether it’s cultural bias or preconceived notions, many of us struggle to step outside of our comfortable o…

Can you imagine seeing a list of all your sins? I mean every single sin you have done–and will do? For some of us, we’d be holding a ream of paper the size of a New York phone book!

Now imagine all th…

Do you know what I find so amazing about God's Word?

We can look at an obscure passage written for people in another age and discover a wealth of practical applications we can take and apply to our li…

Something is missing.

For most of the world, feeling “whole” is like trying to squeeze a handful of sand. The harder they clinch, the more grains slip through their fingers. Wholeness is a futile ques…

Have you noticed how much space the Old Testament devotes to talking about food?

Even though the dietary restrictions and kosher laws seem irrelevant for our lives today, there's a lot we can learn fr…

Today’s prevailing opinion tells you that as long as you're sincere, you have a seat at God's table.

As long as your good deeds outweigh your bad deeds, the Almighty will give you a thumb’s up. But th…

How often do you keep track of other people's mistakes?

In today's episode of Live the Bible, I begin by sharing a story I’m not that proud of—when I used to count the mistakes of my English teacher! …

You’ve probably noticed, but balance is never a one-and-done deal.

It takes constant focus.

And it’s tough work! Oftentimes the decisions and struggles we face each day pull us in every direction, thre…

If you’re like me, there is something you'd like to change about yourself or your life. As a society we're obsessed with self-improvement. As Christians, we’re committed to it. Whether it's exercise,…

This week is different. 

In this special episode of Live the Bible, we celebrate our 200th episode! Here’s just part of the impact we have seen:  

• 380,000+ downloads
• 162 countries
• 11,000+ cities

But the …

Here’s a tough question..

What one problem in your life, if it were solved today, would make everything better?

We tend to focus on symptoms (pain points) rather than on root causes. We want to fix the…

When someone does us a favor, we tend to feel obligated to pay back the kindness. It's just part of who we are.

It's gratitude.

Yet when it comes to God's favor on us, we face a debt we can never repa…

God is love. 

But He is more than that. The same Bible also teaches that our Lord is a God of wrath. He loves sinners, but hates sin. 

So how does God choose which attribute to act on—love or wrath? An…

Good questions deserve biblical answers.

In our last episode of Live the Bible, we shared a special "Questions and Answers" episode with so many questions we're adding a Part 2!  

These questions ask a…

The Bible tells us all we need to know, but not all we want to know.

(Like, why can’t we have a little less about genealogies and more about raising teenagers?)

In this special Q&A episode, I'm going t…

Feeling guilty feels bad. Horrible, actually.

We've all done things we regret. But a surprising number of people feel like they're living life with dirty hands. A constant, low-grade guilt.

The world…

Parenting is tough work. But so is having parents!

Many of us grew up with a mixed bag of experiences that hurt a whole lot. And while our upbringing certainly shaped our lives, it doesn't define us.…

Your property probably has a fence—and for good reason.

A fence acts mostly as a boundary, letting someone know to stay in or to stay out.

God's Word is like a fence too—and for good reason.

In this epi…

The most common command in the Bible is no big surprise.

"Fear not."

Easy to say, but tough work to do. Truthfully, some of us don't know how we'll react to fear until we're actually afraid. 

King Hezek…