First Listens Podcast Season 6: Explore & Discover

For Season 6, we’re taking our inspiration from the season we’re in, which is summer! We’re calling it Explore & Discover, and the studies we’re featuring take us on adventures—we get to tour the Holy Land, hike in Colorado, and harvest olives in Croatia! And, we’ll do some discovering—of the dreams we were created for, and of God’s Word in a fresh way.

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  • The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi (Kathie Lee Gifford & Rabbi Jason Sobel)

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    Kathie Lee Gifford always believed the Bible held the answers to every question a person could ask. Her problem was, how could she be sure of what the Bible was really saying, when we are so separated from the ancient Jewish culture in which it was written? It wasn’t until she began studying the ...

  • Sacred Pathways (Gary Thomas)

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    When we come to faith in Jesus, our personality and our unique outlook on life does not get erased. So, why do we try to follow a path to God that works for someone else, such as our pastor, or teacher, or religious professional? In Sacred Pathways, we assess ourselves to discover our most natura...

  • Taste and See (Margaret Feinberg)

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    Discover the secret to savoring every day. The Psalmist declared, "Taste and see that the Lord is good" (Ps 34:8), so Margaret Feinberg decided to take the invitation literally. She embarked on a global culinary and spiritual adventure to discover the truth in such a simple verse. With each perso...

  • 40 Days Through the Book: Acts - The Revolution of Faith (Randy Frazee)

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    Study of a book of the Bible: Acts

    The book of Acts is a joyful celebration of how God’s revolutionary message was unstoppable and contagious. In it we discover that the Church is more dynamic than we dream, grace is the secret sauce of God's revolution, and God's way is not my way! Throughout ...

  • Beautiful Word: Luke - Gut-Level Compassion (Lisa Harper)

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    Luke's gospel account is a literary masterpiece, but it doesn't celebrate the elite. Instead, it's like the biblical version of Shakespeare whose main characters are lepers, prostitutes, and tax collectors who were absolutely stunned by the compassion Jesus extended toward them despite their cult...

  • In the Footsteps of the Savior (Max Lucado)

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    In the Footsteps of the Savior is an invitation to come alongside bestselling author and pastor Max Lucado as he shares key teachings from the Gospels and Acts on the people and places that shaped Jesus' life. Filmed entirely in the Holy Land, Max guides you through events that took place in Isra...

  • Created to Dream (Rick Warren)

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    God has a dream for your life. Beloved pastor and trusted teacher Rick Warren explains the process God uses to fulfill the dream he gives you. The Bible is full of stories of people whose God-given dreams became reality--but not without first going through the six phases of faith. In Created to D...

  • What's So Amazing About Grace? (Philip Yancey)

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    “You need not be a Christian to build houses, feed the hungry, or heal the sick. There is only one thing the world cannot do. It cannot offer grace.” In What's So Amazing About Grace, Philip Yancey asks, if grace is God's love for the undeserving, then what does it look like in action? And if Chr...