Reasoning Through the Bible

In this passage Jesus talks about how people relate to demons, including what happens to people who have been delivered from demons but do not accept Jesus. We discuss the relationship between God an…

Today's session is a departure from our normal walk through the Scriptures to provide our listeners with an update of the RTTB ministry.  Some of the items this session will cover are: 

• Reminder of th…

Jesus says that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven. What does this mean?  Can someone today have said something in the past that God will not forgive him for? Or is Jesus all lov…

Earlier Jesus only spoke to the Jews, but He now mentions the gentiles, which marks another change in His message. Jesus shows from the Old Testament that gentiles will benefit from His ministry. The…

The Jewish leaders have begun to reject Jesus so Jesus begins to change His message. Jesus makes the Jewish legalists angry because of what He does on the sabbath. Keeping the sabbath was important t…

Can Christians satisfy the criticisms that the world throws our way, or is it impossible to please them?  It seems that whatever Christians do, they cannot please the skeptic and critic. Regarding th…

We again meet John the Baptist and discuss why he was thrown in prison and what we should do in our day with similar questions. We discuss why John sent his remaining disciples to Jesus and what to d…

“It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher.” Is this enough for us today? In our day, we should not expect to be treated any better than Jesus and the disciples. What happens when…

In this session we learn a principle of interpreting the book of Matthew that will help us determine which teaching of Jesus are for the current day and which are for a future age and why Matthew som…

In this session Jesus selects His twelve apostles. We learn about the twelve as a cross-section of society and discuss how many of the apostles are similar to us. This session explains how Jesus give…

This session discusses fasting and also explains the parable of the new wine in the new wineskins. We meet a woman who has an issue of blood that sees Jesus as her only hope. Even though he is busy, …

Sin has a paralyzing effect on people. Jesus can heal the physical paralysis, but He also heals the greater problem which is sin. Because Jesus can heal the physical body then He shows He can also fo…

Jesus demonstrates that He has power over disease, demons, and the natural world. 

The Pharisees never challenged whether Jesus actually did the miracles because there were so many. Jesus shows that H…

Matthew presents a series of miracles that demonstrate His deity and truth of His messages. Jesus heals a leper and then heals the servant of a Roman centurion. These miracles are for a purpose and w…

Jesus tells us that the way to life is narrow but there is a broad way that leads to destruction. He warns us against false teachers, false believers, and cautions us to look for the one true way. Th…

Jesus tells us to not worry about our life or food or clothing. Many times we worry about things that never come to pass. Jesus tells us to trust Him and not worry. But how can we do this? How can we…

Jesus gives us an example of how we should pray. This session discusses how we should pray, showing us that prayer does not have to be difficult but rather a conversation with a loving Lord. We discu…

We review the purpose for the Sermon on the Mount and how individual people should interact with it. What were Jesus’ first teachings and how does that give context to the Sermon on the Mount? In thi…

Jesus talks about darkness and light, what the light of the world is, and what we should do with our light.  In this chapter Jesus is taking the ten commandments and using them to show us how far sho…

This session begins one of the most important and beautiful sections of the Bible, the sermon the mount. The first section is called the beatitudes because it has the great blessings of Christ to His…