The Story that Changes Everything
The Story that Changes Everything is a podcast hosted by pastor and professor Dr. Scott Daniels. The podcast serves as a guide for people who want to read through the Scripture in a year. Each day Dr. Daniels shares his reflections so that readers can get the most out of their journey. In addition to the daily podcasts, longer interviews will take place with various commentary writers for those who want to go even more in-depth into the beauty and truth of the Bible.
Episodes
202 episodes
The Story that Changes Everything - Isaiah 40-42 and Psalm 82 (Day 196)
After a break of about 160 years, the voice of comfort breaks into exile and speaks words of hope and newness for God's people.
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Episode 196
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10:04
The Story that Changes Everything - Isaiah 37-39 (Day 195)
Hezekiah responds to the threats of Sennacherib by running to the temple and throwing himself down in prayer and in trust in God. God not only delivers him from Assyria but from illness as well.
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Episode 195
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6:38
The Story that Changes Everything - Isaiah 34-36 (Day 194)
The places that flourish with injustice will be devastated, and the places of desertion and barrenness will be renewed in God's great reversal. These texts also step back into history with the trash-talk of Assyria against Jerusalem and Judah's...
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Episode 194
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7:08
The Story that Changes Everything - Isaiah 31-33 and Psalm 81 (Day 193)
The woes continue, but there is hope that God will bring about a new king who will be the source of God's sustained peace.
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Episode 193
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4:05
The Story that Changes Everything - Isaiah 28-30 (Day 192)
The question is one of security for Isaiah. Where do the leaders of God's people find their hope and strength? Isaiah is afraid their trust in Egypt is a sign of a lack of trust in God.
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Episode 192
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5:21
The Story that Changes Everything - Isaiah 25-27 and Psalm 80 (Day 191)
The Little Apocalypse of Isaiah concludes with laments, but also with the hope that God will conquer even death itself.
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Episode 191
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6:11
The Story that Changes Everything - Isaiah 22-24 (Day 190)
The oracles against the nations end with judgment upon the unjust economic systems of the world and then transition into the "Little Apocalypse" of Isaiah. No one is exempt from God's judgment.
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Episode 190
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7:25
The Story that Changes Everything - Isaiah 19-21 and Psalm 79 (Day 189)
The oracles against the nations continue with a word against Egypt. But the irony is that there is a hope that Egypt will repent and draw near to God. Like Israel, the prophetic hopes are that whatever wounding Egypt experiences would become th...
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Episode 189
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5:01
The Story that Changes Everything - Isaiah 16-18 (Day 188)
The oracles against the nations continues with a lament over Moab and a word against Cush. In the midst of judgment is still the hope that the nations would stream to Jerusalem and come to know the ways of the LORD.
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Episode 188
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4:05
The Story that Changes Everything - Isaiah 13-15 (Day 187)
The book of Isaiah turns in this section to the Oracles Against the Nations. The oracles begin with one against Babylon, the empire that in the imagination of Israel is most problematic because of its great allure.
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Episode 187
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6:44
The Story that Changes Everything - Isaiah 10-12 and Psalm 78:4-72 (Day 186)
The visions of hope break forth. The stump will not have the last word, but a shoot will bring a new creation that invites the lion and lamb to lay down together.
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Episode 186
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5:37
The Story that Changes Everything - Isaiah 7-9 (Day 185)
Isaiah and Ahaz have a confrontation. Ahaz refuses to trust or even ask for a sign. But God will give him a sign anyway.
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Episode 185
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7:25
The Story that Changes Everything - Isaiah 4-6 and Psalm 78:1-39 (Day 184)
Isaiah experiences his call. He winds up in the holiest place but instead of being destroyed he is healed and sent with a message.
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Episode 184
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5:44
The Story that Changes Everything - Isaiah 1-3 (Day 183)
We've reached the halfway point through the Bible and enter the beautiful book of Isaiah. The prophet speaks words of both judgment and hope that Jerusalem can not only survive but become a light to the nations.
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Episode 183
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11:17
The Story that Changes Everything - Song of Songs 7-8 and Psalm 77 (Day 182)
The Song of Songs ends as though the whole poem may have been words of expectation from a woman still too young to marry. The psalm for today also waits in expectation for God to come and make things new.
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Episode 182
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3:29
The Story that Changes Everything - Song of Songs 4-6 (Day 181)
There is nothing more painful than young love separated. But nothing better than young love reunited. It is a reminder that we were created as desirers and we are what we love.
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Episode 181
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3:51
The Story that Changes Everything - Song of Songs 1-3 (Day 180)
Love is in the air as we read the Song of Songs. Although there is not a lot to glean theologically from this book, there is much to be said about how God created us and the kinds of relationships God hopes for us to have to be found here.
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Episode 180
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9:36
The Story that Changes Everything - Ecclesiastes 10-12 and Psalm 76 (Day 179)
The book of Ecclesiastes ends with the recognition that the Teacher was right. Life is hard to hold onto. We should receive the life we have as gift. And we should obey God and trust that God sees and will reward the righteous.
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Episode 179
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3:34
The Story that Changes Everything - Ecclesiastes 7-9 (Day 178)
The Teacher of Ecclesiastes laments how little folly it takes to overcome the good results of wisdom. He hopes for some kind of restitution or justice to happen after life is over.
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Episode 178
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3:50
The Story that Changes Everything - Ecclesiastes 4-6 and Psalm 75 (Day 177)
Qoheleth continues on to wonder why we work so hard for things we cannot keep. Working solely for one's own benefit is like chasing the wind. Ultimately, life together with others is better than life alone.
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Episode 177
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3:34
The Story that Changes Everything - Ecclesiastes 1-3 (Day 176)
We begin the book of Ecclesiastes. Meaningless, meaningless, everything is meaningless... Or is it?
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Episode 176
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7:39
The Story that Changes Everything - Proverbs 29-31 and Psalm 74 (Day 175)
Proverbs ends with both the embodiment of how to read wisdom but also how to live it. Agur embodies the person who reads the Scripture to gain wisdom and the virtuous woman of chapter 31 demonstrates who wisdom might be lived.
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Episode 175
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5:40
The Story that Changes Everything - Proverbs 26-28 (Day 174)
The proverbs from the time of Solomon continue with great words about friendship and the use of money.
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Episode 174
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3:10
The Story that Changes Everything - Proverbs 23-25 (Day 173)
These chapters end the advice of the sage to their son or apprentice. The fourth major section of Proverbs turns to all kinds of metaphors and analogies. Words spoken at the right time are like gold apples in a silver setting. Those who speak h...
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Episode 173
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