The Burros of Berea Podcast

Rick Welch speaks at Eric and Karen Ogea's home fellowship in Azle, Texas last Palm Sunday. He brings a view to the Sermon on the Mount, typically seen as a lesson on moral ethics, and breaks down what is actually going on. It is a covenant indictment on Old Covenant Israel, and the injection of the New Covenant explaining what it looks like. All of this was done on what Rick states is "the edge of an eschatological knife". This is...

Since our very own Sarita "The Edge" Edgerton went to work in Columbia, South Carolina representing her district she's been away from The Burros for a while. In this episode, she returns to Giraffe Studio and tells us all about what it's like entering into state politics and her thoughts on government. It's a fascinating discussion. Yet, before we get into that, Rick Welch issues a formal apology to some of his long-timelisteners r...

Rick Welch sits down with Tiziana Severse and Andy Bishop to do a Sharecast episode with Notes from the Other Side. Tiziana has been working on a recent series on high pressure Christian ministries and Rick has been doing a series on cults in America. Together, they discuss both series and what to expect from each podcast.

Notes from the Other Side Podcast

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Our dear friend, Rachael Wrue, passed away Friday, March 28th, 2025. In loving memory, we are releasing our episode where we first interviewed them to hear her and her husband, Pete's personal testimony and to talk about their first book.

Pete and Rachael have been long time friends of our podcast and were always fun to talk about the scriptures with together.

Our prayers are with Pete and all of their family during this difficult ...

WARNING: This episode contains language and humor not meant for children. Please be advised.

The Burros (minus Ralph and Sarita) go completely off the rails in this study. If you like history, archeology, and humor that gets out of control and hard to reel back in, then this episode is for you. If crude humor is not for you, here is your warning. We discuss chapter 5 and 6 of this book and find some interesting truths that can enha...

Rick Welch sits down with Christopher Beth and Eric Ogea to discuss effective ways to minister to others in the world.

Christopher Beth is the Founder, Chief Storyteller, and Director of The Bucket Ministry, a nonprofit sharing God’s love through the gift of safe, clean drinking water. A former business consultant, Christopher felt called to ministry after a 2012 mission trip to the Brazilian Amazon, where he witnessed the devastat...

Rick Welch sits down and has a deeply personal conversation with Andrea Robinette. Last year, Rick had heard a story about a husband and father who had perished in a house fire trying to save two of his sons, but tragically all three died. Bill Evans, the Truckdriver Theologian, called Rick and discussed this situation and introduced him to the wife and mother of this family, Andrea Robinette. After a few emails and phone conversat...

Jon Paul Miles joins the Burros for a second time to discuss his book, Trusting in Grace. We delve into all of the aspects of grace and what it means for the believer.

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Rick Welch sits down with Michael Miano to discuss his talks given at the Advancing the Faith Conference last fall.

To learn more about the Power or Preterism Network, or the ministry of Pastor Michael Miano at Blue Point Bible Church, please visit their websites at:

Power of Preterism Network: http://www.powerofpreterism.com/

Blue Point Bible Church: https://www.bluepointbiblechurch.org/

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Dr. John H. Walton sits down with the Burros to discuss his work on the Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures. Dr. Walton is an emeritus professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College in Illinois and an editor and writer of Old Testament comparative studies and commentaries. Throughout his research, Walton has focused his attention on comparing the culture and literature of the Bible and the ancient Near East. He has publi...

Rick Welch sits down with his friend, Chris Lombardi, once again to investigate more words and meanings from the Greek and Hebrew language. Did you know that when Saul was talking to the Witch at Endor that he was being duped by a con artist? We didn't either. Get ready! This episode is packed with lots of fun facts and may change the way you think about certain verses of scripture like never before!

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As the Burros come back to the studio after the storm and the holidays, we sit down to hear Sarita Edgerton's story of her first week as a South Carolina state representative. If you've followed our podcast, you know the story of how Sarita felt the call to go into politics to create change in her district and how her hard work campaigning led her to win her seat. We hope you'll listen in to hear her firsthand account of what it's ...

Rick Welch shares a sermon on the hermeneutic of Audience Relevance. This tool is one which Rick employs in his bible study toolbox and shares the purpose and power it gives those who study the scriptures regularly.

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In our final episode of 2024, Rick Welch sits down with Rick "Big Daddy" Carter to discuss his ATT (at this time) position in regard to his faith. After watching the world of preterism go all over the map and trying to make sense of it, Rick Welch wanted to sit down and give his best effort to explain where he's landed in regard to his understanding of the scriptures and just how important it is to him. After 4 years of meeting wit...

Go fix yourself a Tom and Jerry (maybe don't add the Tom...or the Jerry...we're not sure which...) as Rick Welch sits down with Gary DeMar to discuss Christmas movies! We hope that you enjoy this conversation and watch some of these classic films. Some you will know, and some you may not! Merry Christmas!

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