Students of the Word
To be a Christian is to be a student. The word “disciple” means “student”, and before he ascended to Heaven, Jesus’s final command to his students was that they should go into all the world and teach, making more students (Matthew 28:19-20). As Christians in the modern world, our calling is still to be students of Jesus and to help each other in fellowship as we learn about Him and from Him. We are to be Students of the Word, studying the Bible, the written word of God, as we walk as the disciples of Jesus, the living Word.
My name is Corey Olsen, and I am hosting a Bible study open to anyone who would like to join me as a Student of the Word. Would you like to join me for a patient, thoughtful, and prayerful study of the Bible together, reading whole books verse by verse?
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 84 minutes
- Episodes
- 90
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Episode 70: A Tale of Two Spirits
What does it mean to test the spirits, be they of God or other source?
Episode 69: Spirits and Prophets
We begin to discuss the commandment against trusting every spirit, and to test whether they are of God.
Episode 68: The Present and Future Promise
We talk about the degree in which the measure of sin in us - or lack of it - helps indicate the degree to which God is in us. But how do we know this?
Episode 67: Now Introducing: The Spirit
We continue to study God's great commandment, and that the one keeping the commandments abides in Him. We also spend some quality time focusing on how extremely difficult it can be to seek out the tr…
Episode 66: The Commandment!
We look further into the great commandment of God. John is very meticulous in his description.
Episode 65: On the Granting of Prayers
Finally, we arrive at the great commandment of God. John has been leading up to this and this episode, we see it unveiled.
Episode 64: God's Knowledge and Ours
"This is how we know..." The way John assures us that we are in truth is very complicated. Let's try to untangle it.
Episode 62: Works of Love
Join us as we begin a detailed analysis of the importance of "words, deeds, and truth." We also discuss how "brothers" implies the sibling connection of Cain and Abel somewhat differently than the c…
Episode 61: The Life of the World
While exploring the various different meanings of the word 'life,' we really get to the 'guts' of the matter.
Episode 60: Knowing Love and Life
That big verb: 'KNOWING' - and the way in which John applies it to love and life.
Episode 59: Choosing Life and Losing Life
In verses 14 and 15, we looked at murder and hatred. Today we ask the question: what exactly is this laying down of one's life?
Episode 58: A Life And Death Situation
In verse 13, we started exploring the concept of death. Now, we delve into the profound subject of murder. What does it truly mean to murder, and how does hatred play a role in this act? Join us as w…
Episode 57: Abiding in Death
Today we look at John's interesting expansion of the topic from just discussing Cain to one of the wider world, death and life.
Episode 56: Why, Cain?
We continue to examine how the order to 'love your brother' constrasts with the example of Cain and Abel. What does this sibling relationship demonstrate to us, and what does it imply about our posit…
Episode 55: Loving or Slaying
This week we turn from the positive message about loving your brother to the (rather extreme) negative example: Cain. But why does John reach for this extreme example?
Episode 54: Speaking of Not Loving Your Brother...
We look more closely at John's definitions of loving one another and loving God.
Episode 53: How to Do Righteousness
We begin to understand the connection between loving one another and loving God - and what the opposite might mean.
Episode 52: The Revelation of the Children
A breakthrough in our discussion of 1 John 3:7-10 as we come to grips with the meaning of John's convicting words.
Episode 51: Doing and Being
We devote additional study to these important verses.