2026 Episodes 31-40
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Dr. Adam Miller
“He Shall Direct Thy Paths”
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What if wisdom isn’t about loss but learning how to meet it? Dr. Adam Miller explores Proverbs and Ecclesiastes and examines how correction, sacrifice, and seeing reality clearly lead us beyond conventional wisdom to the unconventional wisdom of Jesus Christ.
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Dr. Adam Miller examines how Ecclesiastes dismantles our illusions about success, happiness, and desire and points us toward the surprising freedom found in sacrifice and the life of Jesus Christ.
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Dr. Michael Ballam
“Let Every Thing That Hath Breath Praise the Lord”
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What if the Psalms were not only meant to read but sung aloud? Dr. Michael Ballam explores the Psalms as ancient Israel’s hymnbook, sharing personal stories of music’s healing power, from a memory-care patient’s return to lucidity to a final blessing for a dying father.
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Opera legend Dr. Michael Ballam returns bearing testimony that music is one of God’s own direct lines to the Spirit.
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Dr. John White
“I Will Declare What He Hath Done for My Soul”
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What does a former Baylor theologian see in the Book of Mormon that changes the entire trajectory of his life and career? Dr. John White, a convert baptized last year, continues the study of Psalms, tracing how mercy is at the center of the Psalter, and at the heart of his own unlikely journey to the restored gospel.
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Dr. John White continues the study of the Psalms, showing how scripture invites us to bring God our real, unfiltered emotions and revealing what it means that we have a Savior that weeps alongside us.
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Steven Sharp Nelson
“The Lord Is My Shepherd”
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Is the Lord actually listening or just cataloging your complaints? Steven Sharp Nelson joins Hank and John to examine the Psalms as the ancient “people’s hymnbook,” showing how prayers of praise and lament can heal burnout, quiet the inner critic, and turn everyday creativity into worship.
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Steven Sharp Nelson continues to explore the Book of Psalms, showing how prayers of praise and lament can heal burnout, quiet the inner critic, and turn everyday creativity into worship.
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Dr. Marcus Martins
“Yet Will I Trust in Him”
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Why does bad news land, over and over, on some of the most faithful people? Dr. Marcus Martins joins Hank and John to examine the Book of Job, and shows why Job’s friends fail even as they try to comfort him, why presence matters more than explanations; some answers to suffering, they conclude only come with eternal perspective.
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Dr. Marcus Martins continues his exploration of the Book of Job, unpacking how God answers Job’s suffering not with explanations but with question, and revealing a divine pattern of teaching through wonder, restoring meaning to pain through doctrines of resurrection, embodiment, and intercession.
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Dr. Barbara Morgan Gardner
“Thou Art Come … for Such a Time as This”
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What was Vashti’s “no” protecting and what does it teach us about the difference between patriarchal order and patriarchy? Dr. Barbara Morgan Gardner explores the book of Esther, unpacking divine timing, covenant-based leadership, and how a father’s example shapes the way his daughters come to know God.
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Dr. Barbara Morgan Gardner continues exploring pride versus humility, divine timing in the king’s sleepless night, and Esther’s courage, drawing modern parallels to covenant identity.
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Dr. Christina Olson
“I Am Doing a Great Work”
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Why would people rebuilding God’s temple start by building a wall against their own neighbors? Dr. Christina Olson explores Ezra and Nehemiah, the imperfect leaders, contested history, and hard boundary lines that bridge the Old and New Testaments.
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Dr. Christina Olson continues with Ezra and Nehemiah, tracing temple, law, and walls–and the beautifully imperfect work of becoming a covenant people again.