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Episodes

143 | A Couple of Odd Facts About the Jewish Temple

July 25, 2025 • 12 mins
In this podcast, we discuss two curious facts about the Jewish Temple. Did you know that at one time, there were two Jewish Temples operating at the same time?
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142 | American Pastor Crucified for Believing Jesus is God

July 4, 2025 • 9 mins
On April 28, 2025, Arizona pastor, Bill Schonemann, was found dead in his home. He had been crucified. His hands were pinned to the wall and he had a crown of thorns on his head.
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141 | A Couple Stories about Noah’s Ark and the Flood

June 20, 2025 • 8 mins
In this podcast, I discuss a couple of stories concerning Noah’s Ark and the great flood. First was the ark actually big enough to carry a pair of every creature in the world. Secondly, why are there so many flood stories in cultures around the world.
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140 | When Jesus Called Himself God by claiming to be the Son of Man

June 3, 2025 • 10 mins
A few years ago, someone told me that nowhere in the New Testament does Jesus claim to be God. And to be honest, I was caught a bit off guard by the question. Now, to be honest, nowhere in the Gospels did Jesus say, “I am God.”
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139 | It took 2,000 years but we finally understand Christ’s advice on worry and a strange miracle

May 19, 2025 • 6 mins
in this podcast, I want to discuss one piece of advice that Jesus gave and a miracle, that proved itself. In both instances, it took nearly 2,000 years to fully understand what Jesus said and did.
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138 | Is Jesus Christ ‘The Angel of the Lord’?

May 5, 2025 • 15 mins
In this podcast I discuss the mysterious Being in the Old Testament called ‘The Angel of the Lord.’ Many are convinced He is the per-incarnate Christ.
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137 | A Couple of Odd Facts About King David

April 21, 2025 • 6 mins
Hi my name is Dean Smith and in this podcast I want to discuss two odd fact about one of the Bible’s best known heroes, King David.
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136 | Great Tax Revolts of the Bible

April 7, 2025 • 12 mins
Taxes have been the.bane of man’s existence for thousands of years. In this podcast, I discuss two major tax revolts that took place in the Bible.
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135 | Pathways of the Heart

March 21, 2025 • 42 mins
In this Podcast Ian Byrd discusses the pathways of the heart. He talks about three pathways that lead us away from God and one pathway that leads us to God.
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134 | Coughing prayer versus joining a monastery or nunnery?

March 7, 2025 • 7 mins
In this podcast, I discuss whether believers should incorporate coughing prayer instead of joining a monastery or nunnery.
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133 | Bitten by Devils: Engaging the battle with fasting

February 24, 2025 • 14 mins
In this podcast, I discuss one the unheralded, but powerful weapons, that God has given believers in our battle against the demonic realm.
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132 | The Manifest Presence of God

February 7, 2025 • 11 mins
in this podcast, I want to talk about the manifest presence of God. My wife and I recently attended a conference on the Holy Spirit at our church. Yes, it was a full weekend of talking about the importance of the Holy Spirit. A strange thing happened at the conference.
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131 | Are You Vulnerable to Demonic Mind Games?

January 31, 2025 • 13 mins
With the growing interest in the demonic and occult in the west, In this podcast, we discuss an issue that could make you vulnerable to demonic attack, through 'mind games.'
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130 | Do You Have One of the Gifts of Healing?

January 17, 2025 • 15 mins
In this podcast, I discuss the gifts, yes that’s in the plural, gifts of healing. God does not want a handful of TV evangelists healing the sick, He wants an army of healers.
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129 | Three pieces of advice for those with the gift of prophecy

December 20, 2024 • 15 mins
To successfully move in the gift of prophecy, we need to be able to discern the voice of the Holy Spirit. In this podcast, I want to share three things that can lead to us delivering false prophetic words.
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128 | What is the Seer Anointing?

December 6, 2024 • 18 mins
In this podcast, I discuss the seer anointing, which is part of the Gift of prophecy, that the Holy Spirit has given to the church.
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127 | Did Kim Clement prophesy about Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency of America? And other related issues….

November 22, 2024 • 21 mins
This podcast discusses prophecies given by a now deceased prophet Kim Clement in 2007 on the rise of American billionaire, Donald Trump, to be president of the United States. Not only did he seem to predict that, but Clement said Trump would serve two terms.
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126 | Why do we see more demons in the New Testament than in the Old Testament?

November 8, 2024 • 17 mins
In this podcast, I discuss three reasons why we see so many more people being possessed by evil spirits in the New Testament than in the Old.
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125 | Shammah: David’s mighty warrior who stood his ground

October 22, 2024 • 10 mins
In this podcast, Wayne Johnston discusses one of his favorite Bible characters, Shammah. The man who defended a lentil patch.
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124 | Why did Jesus compare the Kingdom of God to an invasive weed?

October 8, 2024 • 9 mins
When Jesus discussed the Kingdom of God in the Gospels, He compared it to one of the Middle East's most invasive weeds. This comparison predicted the explosive growth of the church.
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