Wednesday in the Word

Wednesday in the Word


Latest Episodes

13 2 Peter 3:8-9 Free will and God’s sovereignty
January 23, 2019

2 Peter 3:8-9 features in the debate over God's sovereignty and human free will. While this verse does not settle the debate, understanding what Peter means in context teaches us a lot about both good

12 2 Peter 3:1-7 The Point of it all
January 16, 2019

Peter argues that more than anything else we need to find life through forgiveness and to find fulfillment through righteousness. It is this hope that he wants us to remember such that we let it chan

11 2 Peter 2:17-22 Freedom, slavery and sin
January 09, 2019

Peter warns that the false teachers are like springs without water, promising freedom but delivering destruction and he warns his readers not be deceived by their empty promises.

10 2 Peter 2:13-16 Balaam and the false teachers
December 19, 2018

Continuing his warnings about the false teachers, Peter uses of Balaam from Numbers 22-24. Like Balaam, the false teachers are profiting from causing the people of God to stumble.

09 2 Peter 2:10-12 Who are the glorious ones and why are they reviled?
December 12, 2018

In the third major interpretative challenge of 2 Peter 2, we tackle the questions of who are the glorious ones, why would they be reviled and what does Peter want us to learn from this example?

08 2 Peter 2:5-10 The Certainty of Judgment
December 05, 2018

The coming judgment of God is not a popular topic today. We prefer to emphasize God's love instead. Yet Peter thought judgment was important enough to include in his final letter, so that would reme

07 2 Peter 2:4 Does Peter quote Enoch?
November 28, 2018

Does Peter quote Enoch? Why would an apostle quote a non-biblical source? Find out in this episode of Wednesday in the Word.

3 Tips for Bible Study in a Post-truth World
November 21, 2018

3 Tips for Bible Study in a Post-truth World. We may be more interested in emotion than facts, but good Bible study methods haven't changed.

06 2 Peter 2:1-3 Why 2 Peter 2 and Jude are similar
November 14, 2018

2 Peter 2 and the Epistle of Jude presents the same ideas in the same order and often use the same words. Did Peter copy from Jude? Did Jude copy from Peter? Or did they both copy from someone else? W

05 2 Peter 1:12-21 The Prophetic Word
November 07, 2018

Peter asserts the gospel is not a clever philosophy but divine revelation from God. Which presents us with a choice about how we understand the Bible.