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Welcome to a podcast by opentheword.org where we provide Bible teaching and Biblical perspective on the rapid changes taking place in our society.
Episodes
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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September 9, 2024 • 14 mins
In this second of my two part series, I discuss the last three of my eight reasons why I believe the gifts of the Holy Spirit are intended for today. It seems that the Holy Spirit is manifesting His gifts even among those who don't believe in them.
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August 30, 2024 • 15 mins
Over the past couple of months, I have been doing a series on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and the importance of spiritual gifts. It has attracted the attention of cessationists who don’t believe the spiritual gifts are for today. In this first of two podcasts, I discuss eight reasons why I believe the spiritual gifts are still for today.
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