Verse-By-Verse Ministry With Heather Darnall
This podcast is a way for people to dive deep into the Christian Bible with me as I read scripture verse-by-verse from various books/sections and break them down for a better understanding of the context, but moreover, to have a better relationship with Jesus. Additionally, I believe this podcast is a good starting point for anyone new to the Holy Bible, but is still good for anyone who is already well-versed.
That being said, please take note that I'm not a scholar. I didn't grow up in the church, I didn't go to seminary school nor do I have any sort of qualifications that would highlight myself as some kind of guru. I'm simply a seeker for the truth of God in which is what I want to share with anyone who's heart is open to hear and receive it. But the main reason I started this podcast begins with a mini testimony: I grew up very worldly having no knowledge of Jesus, just His name and all the popular stories or miracles during His life - maybe one or two apostles names. Anyway, I felt like I didn't need God, that my life was fine without Him, I could uphold myself, that the Bible was boring and out of my league for any kind of understanding, and that church was only a place for a bunch of snobby, goodie-two-shoes people just to name a few. Oh, and that God was some self-righteous jerk.
Then one day I went to church to prove to people why people shouldn't go to church. Well, two worship songs in, the worship pastor stops, opens the Bible to read a passage to reflect on, says a few words about it and then ends with "God is not some self-righteous jerk." Needless to say, not only do I know now that God will humble the proud, but how He's also always pursuing the lost. Let's just say I finally understood He was trying to get my attention my whole life and it took Him to use that one pastor to speak to me and to get me to realize I'm a lifeless sinner needing a Savior. So from then on out I was passionate about His Word and constantly seeking new ways to understand Him. But more importantly, I'm still and will forever be striving and seeking to have a better relationship with Him.
However, as a new believer when I finally opened the Bible, I was hearing so many interpretations as far as what I was reading, I mean - it was almost too much. But God knows we need mentors; people who rightly handle the Word of truth to show us that the best way to understand the Bible is, do I see how it points to the glory and righteousness of Jesus? Do I see it highlight my spiritual depravity needing a Savior and importance of repentance? Do I understand the differences between living according to the spirit and according to the flesh? Friends, so often verses are taken out of context and rearranged for our self-will, or even thought as not applicable to us given the length of time that has passed when it was written.
So at the end of the day, when we don't seek out divine wisdom but instead rely on our human opinions and/or understanding, we're only going to feel lonely, misguided, even deceived, which are all the things Satan desires for us to be. All that to say is why I'm simply responding in obedience creating this podcast to share the Word I once dismissed and scoffed at. Thank you for your time reading this, hopefully you'll find this podcast helpful and insightful so we can comfortably and confidently make the Bible applicable in our day-to-day lives honoring Jesus every step of the way.
For God's glory!
- Heather Darnall
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 19
- Years Active
- 2025
Jonah's Story: Is It Right For You To Be Angry?
The fact that God gave us various emotions to express ourselves is amazing, especially when word's don't suffice. However, clinging onto a specific emotion is not healthy, particularly anger.
In to…
Discerning The "Daniel-Diet"
Health and wellness has crossed everyone's mind at some point - as it should. While some are more serious about it than others, many are unfortunately exhausting themselves trying every trending die…
Esther’s Story: For Such A Time As This - Part 3
The Israelites/Jewish people have a long history of various groups of people attempting to utterly destroy the entire race, as that's nothing new today. However, the book of Esther is one such time …
Esther’s Story: For Such A Time As This - Part 2
The Israelites/Jewish people have a long history of various groups of people attempting to utterly destroy the entire race, as that's nothing new today. However, the book of Esther is one such time …
Esther’s Story: For Such A Time As This - Part 1
The Israelites/Jewish people have a long history of various groups of people attempting to utterly destroy the entire race, as that's nothing new today. However, the book of Esther is one such time …
Esther’s Story: For Such A Time As This - Part 1
The Israelites / Jewish people have a long history of various groups of people attempting to utterly destroy the entire race, as that's nothing new today. However, the book of Esther is one such tim…
Esther’s Story: For Such A Time As This - Part 1
According to the Bible, Israel has faced many occasions where their entire nation was attacked and threatened with annihilation. The book of Esther contains the history of one such occasion in which…
How Do You Know You're Born Again?
In today's society and culture, especially with countless religions and denominations out there, it can be super easy to misunderstand and/or be misinformed how one can enter into the Kingdom of God.…
Mind-Blowing Provisions
As a Christian, we know that having faith is paramount. But most of us don't exercise our God-given faith simply because that would mean we'd have to step out of our comfort-zone.
In today's episod…
Covering Our Sin
What a wonderful thing it is to have a Lord who knows that we're sinners and that we can't help it - as in He genuinely understands that our failures are inevitable. But where He draws the line is w…
Stop Interfering With God's Plan!
Are you a patient person? I'm not. As a matter of fact, if you think about it, no one is. Now, some may have more patience than others, but it all comes down to it that we all have our moments of …
Is The Sabbath Still Valid?
When we think of the 10 commandments, specifically honoring the Sabbath, many have the idea that just because they were written in the Old Testament era, that it no longer applies, thus leaving us to…
Does The Bible Teach a Flat Earth? - Part 2
In today's modern era, people are so hung up on facts, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but more often than not, many wrongly resort to the Bible to use as a debate book so they can prove themse…
Does The Bible Teach a Flat Earth? - Part 1
In today's modern era, people are so hung up on facts, which is not necessarily a bad thing. However, more often than not, many wrongly resort to the Bible to use as a debate book. And they do this…
What's Your Goliath?
We all know that life isn't easy, but not all of us know that life was supposed to be easy, peaceful, and everlasting with God the Father. But since we don't currently live the way He originally int…
Refining Our Humility
Often times we think the tasks we do outside of the priorities in our lives makes us humble, when really, we do them as tasks, not serving, therefore we're not as humble as we think we are. In today…
Is Spirituality/Spiritualism An Abomination? - Part 2
Today's society and culture centers around "spirituality" and/or "spiritualism," however, many are deceived that either is a good practice, or something needed for peaceful living among other things.…
Is Spirituality/Spiritualism An Abomination? - Part 1
Today's society and culture centers around "spirituality" and/or "spiritualism," however, many are deceived that either is a good practice, or something needed for peaceful living among other things.…
The Art of Judging
It should come to no surprise that judging is still a major issue people deal with today. And what we don't like to admit is, that we tend to feel like we're not guilty - or as guilty - as everyone …