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Word in the Wild is a one year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you read it from cover to cover and understand it. It’s not a devotional or recap. It’s a guide by your side through God’s Word. With support from a weekly podcast and an online community of fellow travelers, this is the year when you finally explore the Bible in its own words and on its own terms for yourself.
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And this week is all about endings. We zoom in on Jesus' thumbnail sketch of what it will look like at the end of the world. He gives us signs and signals to look out for in the world, the church, the Middle East, the sky... and in our own hearts. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewar…
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Courage, commitment... and a suspicious number of coincidences. We look at Esther, Ezra, and Nehemiah for inspiration as the Jewish people who have returned to the promised land face the tough task of rebuilding their homes, their city, and their culture. Meanwhile, God is building something, too. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with…
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The Exile is behind us. The Jewish people are on their way back to rebuild. It's almost like we've got a new Exodus – a new start for God's people in the Promised Land. The stakes could not be higher and God's plans could not be clearer. Plus, we find some amazing leadership lessons along the way. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with…
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Defeated. Demoralized. Jeremiah lives as a refugee in the rubble of his war-torn country. But, where you and I might look around and see ruins, Jeremiah sees reasons to hope. ** Owen mentions five messages God sends his people with the fall of Jerusalem. You can download it here. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join fro…
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Jeremiah and Ezekiel record Jerusalem's final days. It's a sad ol' country song... with a few notes of hope in the melody. It's also a set-up for the problems that the New Testament will look to solve. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the …
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If you like scary movies, then I've got someone you'll want to meet. His name is Ezekiel and he's here to show us just how frighting life without God can be. Meanwhile, Jeremiah gives us the cure for everything wrong with people. Really. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and …
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Feeling like the story has stalled out? Waiting for God to make his next move? God already has… and in His own words, what happens next is “unbelievable.” Plus, why Isaiah sits is the mountain top of the Bible's journey and what kind of view we get from the peak. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and en…
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We don't know every detail of where all this ride will take us. But we do know what waits for us at the end of the road. Here in WEEK 29, Isaiah and Micah reveal the fact that God has a plan. His plan is different than ours. And, his plan is the one that will happen. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere an…
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You feel that? It's the pull of the open road. It's Week 28 and we're on a road trip. It's not just any kind of road trip. It's a road trip through reality.... And, this week's psalms are the songs on the radio. Our destination? A place we've always longed for and never been. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from an…
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After weeks of bad kings, feisty prophets, and stormy politics, King Hezekiah pushes back on the chaos. What's the secret to his success... and ours? Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you read it from cover to cover and unde…
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Big trouble. Big hope. This week, God's prophets deliver his message to his people. And that message includes a view of the future that stretches from the immediate time and place of their audience all the way to the every end of time. Every good story needs foreshadowing. And we are getting it. Emphasis on "shadow." In our epic adventure, the skie…
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Prophets. You can't miss them. Elijah. Elisha. Isaiah. Jonah. They are iconic figures who pull legendary stunts. Fire from the sky. Fingers in the face of powerful kings. Floating ax heads. Bear attacks. And even, this week, mysterious predictions that look far into the foggy future. It's easy to spot where they are. Can't miss them. But why are th…
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We kick off the next binge-worthy season of our epic adventure through the Bible. Civil war tears Israel apart and shows us what the next generation of kings are made of. It also reveals God's one and only measure of a leader's success. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and d…
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The past few weeks, we've spent our time with a young King Solomon. His energy, drive, and wisdom have been entertaining and impressive. Here in WEEK 23, we move forward in the story to the middle age and sunset years of Solomon's life. With his building projects complete and his borders secure, Solomon turns his incredible resources to finding enj…
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It's week 22 of our one year Bible Adventure... This week, Owen gets you set up to soak up some ancient wisdom. We talk how to crack a proverb and gain the skills to live as a friend of God. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where…
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Solomon. A powerful king surrounded by success but can't find satisfaction. That's the conversation here in Week 21 of our one-year Bible Adventure. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you read it from cover to cover and under…
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If you've ever tried to read a psalm in the Bible and felt stuck, this is the episode for you. We've got four easy steps on how to approach a Psalm and get something out of it. And, this week as we say goodbye to David we get to sneak a peek into the diary of this warrior poet through the many songs that have his name in the byline. Word in the Wil…
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This week... David's chickens come home to roost as family drama and political intrigue have him on the run in the wilderness, just like old times. But, all is not lost. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you read it from cov…
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We are here in WEEK 17... This week... Why we are seeing double as we move through the story this week and what Saul's tragic end show us about what God really wants from us as people. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you r…
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David solves Saul's "giant" problem... and then creates a "giant problem" for Saul. Why David and Saul's relationship blows up and what that means for us. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through the Bible where you read it from cover to cover and…
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The Wild West chaos of Judges blurs into the background as we zoom in to follow the lives of a string of people who move the plot forward in a major way. Ruth, Hannah, Samuel, David and more are on the horizon this week. Here's how to get a handle on this part of the story. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anyw…
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We are out here in the wild west. It's a time when the Israelites live on the frontier, on the dangerous borderland between prosperity and disaster. In these dark times, God calls in a series of lone rangers to rescue his people... the Judges. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding…
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We are here in WEEK 13... This week... We follow along with Joshua and the Israelites as they step into the Promised Land and move to clear out Canaan where some unfinished business puts their future at risk. It's a life and death struggle and the threats are closer than they think. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join …
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It's not deja vu....it's Deuteronomy. Here in WEEK 12, Moses and the Israelites' wilderness wanderings come to an end and come with a warning: God wants his people to remember what they would rather forget. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fun, rewarding, and doable 12-month journey through…
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We are here in WEEK TEN... Moses and the Israelites have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory as they turned their backs on the Promised Land. So, hello wilderness... Because a house divided against itself cannot stand... and God won't stand for it, either. But there's more to the wilderness than punishment. God's preparing his people for their…
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This is WEEK NINE in our one year Bible adventure. We're watching the Bible unfold in story order as we read it for ourselves but not by ourselves. We're about to cross the 60 day reading mark and leave Leviticus in the dust as we gear up to break camp and follow Moses and the Israelites away from Mt. Sinai through the wilderness to the border of t…
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This is Word and the Wild...a one year Bible adventure with friends. My name is Owen. I'm your host and your guide, and together we are on a 12 month journey as a podcast plus community...where we read the Bible for ourselves, but not by ourselves. This is WEEK EIGHT... we are picking our way through the desert and having fun doing it. If you haven…
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This week in our one year Bible adventure with friends.... What does all this stuff about the commandments and the tabernacle in the desert mean to me? As Moses and the Israelites are hard at work putting together that Tabernacle in the wilderness to create a space to meet with God... and God embeds some dramatic tension deep into our story... and …
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This is WEEK SIX on our one-year Bible adventure... We have crossed over the one-month mark...as we are crossing the desert with Moses and the Israelites. It's all about Exodus this week. In Exodus, God gets personal. We learn his name. We see his heart. We get a peak into his motivations. And... when we push in for that close up, the image we see …
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Welcome to Word & the Wild WEEK FIVE. This week... Job shows us something amazing about God no thanks to his friends... and God makes good on a promise that's a long time coming. As we move from the story of Job to the legendary tale known as the Exodus, we see some things in common between the two stories and what they say about God's heart. Word …
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It's week FOUR in our one-year Bible reading adventure. This week we pause in the Bible story timeline to step into a mini-series featuring Job. In the book of Job, a dark element inters the story as we learn something new about God – he has an enemy. And that enemy calls into question some of what we have seen so far about the Creator God. Word in…
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In week THREE of our one-year Bible adventure, the nomads known as Abraham's family find a safe harbor... for now. And, a man named Job gives us a peek behind the curtain of why sometimes good people endure hard things in the messy middle outside of Eden. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with friends. Join from anywhere and enjoy a fu…
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It's week two on our one year Bible adventure. Ahead for us this week on the trail ... we've got pits, prisons, and prostitutes. Not necessarily in that order. 😇 We take a look back at the ups and downs of the so-called "heroes" of faith we have met so far. What do their episodes show us about God? Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure wit…
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We're at the beginning of our one-year Bible adventure together... and so it makes sense that we're starting "in the beginning" of the Bible itself. As we jump in this week, our reading and conversation takes us to the very edge of reality. Seriously. Use this week's episode to kick-start your daily reading for the pages marked January 1 – January …
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I imagine us circled up around the campfire. We're dreaming about what we're going to see. Feeling a little bit intimidated by what we might encounter. And, we're swapping ideas about what to put into our backpacks before we head out into the wonderful wild woods of God's Word. Let's talk about some essentials to have in your bag as we prepare to g…
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Today, we are just about ready to hit the trail on this one-year Bible adventure. As we get set to go, I just want to offer up a few essential tips and tricks to help us all get the most out of our adventure together. We hit the trail soon. Now's a great time to invite a friend to join the fun. Word in the Wild is a one-year Bible adventure with fr…
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