Q012 - What is 'Very Near'?
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What is very near? In this teaching, Dave looks at the gap between earth and heaven, the nearness of God’s Word, and how our Creator has bridged the distance through His Son. • The word is very near you - Deuteronomy 30.11-14 • Draw near to listen - Ecclesiastes 5.1 • Jesus intercedes for those who draw near - Hebrews 7.25 • Draw near to God and He will draw near to you - James 4.8 • Created in God’s image - Genesis 1.27 • The Spirit disclosing Jesus to us - John 16.13 • Peace, love, value, and rest - 1 John 4.18, Philippians 4.7, Hebrews 4.9 To read, listen, and explore more...
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Q011 - What Is Holy Ground?
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What is holy ground? In this teaching, Dave looks at Moses, Joshua, the presence of God, and what it means to encounter the King with humility, honor, and grace. • Holy ground and the presence of God - Exodus 3 • Joshua, Jericho, and the captain of the Lord’s host - Joshua 5.13-15 • Holiness as being set apart for God • Bowing, honoring, listening, and taking off the shoes of the heart • Jesus washing the disciples’ feet - John 13 • Mount Zion, the Kingdom, and reigning with Christ - Hebrews 12, Revelation 20.6 To read, listen, and explore more Fourthstream resources:
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Q010 - Can I Be Like Noah?
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Can I be like Noah? In this teaching, Dave looks at Noah’s place in the God Story, the seriousness of Genesis 6, and what it means to find favor with God in a world filled with corruption and judgment. • Noah before Abraham and the nations - Genesis 1-11 • The wickedness of mankind and God’s grief - Genesis 6 • Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord - Genesis 6.8-9 • Faith, reverence, and preparing an ark - Hebrews 11.7 • Jesus as the greater rescuer and deliverer • What it means to prepare faithfully for your household To read, listen, and explore more Fourthstream...
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Q009 - Why Is The World At War?
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Why is the world at war? In this teaching, Dave looks at the deep spiritual conflict behind human evil, impurity, deception, and violence, beginning with Genesis and continuing through the larger God Story. • Spiritual warfare and the unseen conflict - Ephesians 6.12 • The roots of human corruption - Genesis 6 • Impurity, idolatry, arrogance, and the fallenness of mankind • God’s grief over evil and His favor toward Noah • Why the war is both interior and exterior • How God overcomes evil through redemption in Jesus To read, listen, and explore more Fourthstream resources:...
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Q008 - Why Cain And Abel?
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Why Cain and Abel? In this teaching, Dave looks at Genesis 4 and the sobering account of the first brothers, showing that Cain’s offering problem was really a heart problem. • Cain and Abel in the story of Genesis - Genesis 4 : 1-10 • Cain’s anger, envy, and self-absorption • Abel’s honoring and grateful offering • Sin crouching at the door • Learning the difference between honor and dishonor • Why Jesus alone can master sin in the human heart • Rejecting practiced sin and pursuing righteousness - 1 John To read, listen, and explore more Fourthstream resources:
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Q007 - Why Light And Darkness?
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Why light and darkness? In this teaching, Dave traces the light and darkness thread from Genesis through the words of Jesus, showing how God brings light, reveals truth, and sends His people to shine in a dark and weary world. • God separates light from darkness - Genesis 1.1-5 • The lights given for signs, seasons, days, and years - Genesis 1.14-19 • Jesus as the true Light - John 1.9-10 • You are the light of the world - Matthew 5.14-16 • God is Light - 1 John 1.5 • The Lord is my light and salvation - Psalm 27.1 • In Your light we see light - Psalm 36.9 • Your word is a lamp...
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Q006 - Why is there so much chaos?
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Why is there so much chaos? In this teaching, Dave explores how Scripture gives clarity about the chaos in the world, the human heart, rebellion, pride, idolatry, and God’s purpose in all things. • Good and evil in a chaotic world • Redefining truth by lies - Isaiah 5.20 • Rejecting God as King - 1 Samuel 8.7 • The pride of human power - Leviticus 26.19-20 • The father of lies - John 8.44 • Idolatry and the depraved mind - Romans 1.28-32 • God’s purpose in bringing all things under Christ - 1 Corinthians 15.28 • Walking worthy of His kingdom and glory - 1 Thessalonians 2.12...
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Q005 - What Are Woven Threads?
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What are woven threads? In this teaching, Dave explains how the Bible’s 60,000-plus cross-references, Spirit-given authorship, context, and original language help us let the Bible interpret itself. • The prophetic Word made more sure - 2 Peter 1.19-21 • Eyewitnesses of Jesus’ majesty - 2 Peter 1.16-18 • The Bible as God’s supernatural instrument for speaking • Why Scripture is not a matter of private interpretation • What woven threads are and why they matter • The Spirit of God from Genesis to Revelation - Genesis 1.1-2 and Revelation 22.17-19 • Context, original language,...
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Q004 - Why Purity?
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Why purity? In this episode, Dave explores purity as a question of freedom, bondage, honor, marriage, self-denial, and God’s design for human intimacy. • Purity, freedom, and bondage - Romans 1 •Sexual drive, marriage, children, and intimacy •Pride, arrogance, and impurity entering the human story - Genesis 3 and Genesis 6 •Sin crouching at the door - Genesis 4 •Truth that sets us free - John 8 and John 16 •Purity, honor, and the body - 1 Corinthians 6.18-20 •Sharing in God’s glory - Revelation 4.11 and 1 Peter 5.1 •The purity thread - Matthew 5.28, Mark 7.21-23, Acts...
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Q003 - What Is Truth?
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What is truth? In this episode, Dave follows an amazing biblical thread through Jesus’ words to Thomas, His conversation with Pilate, and the repeated phrase, “I tell you the truth.” • Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life - John 14.1-6 •Pilate asks, “What is truth?” - John 18.33-40 •Before Abraham was born, I AM - John 8.58 •Jesus as the gate for the sheep - John 10.1 and John 10.7 •The kernel of wheat and new life - John 12.24 •The messenger, the Father, and greater works - John 13 and John 14 •Truth, grief, joy, and asking the Father - John 16 •Suppressing...
info_outlineWhat is holy ground? In this teaching, Dave looks at Moses, Joshua, the presence of God, and what it means to encounter the King with humility, honor, and grace.
• Holy ground and the presence of God - Exodus 3
• Joshua, Jericho, and the captain of the Lord’s host - Joshua 5.13-15
• Holiness as being set apart for God
• Bowing, honoring, listening, and taking off the shoes of the heart
• Jesus washing the disciples’ feet - John 13
• Mount Zion, the Kingdom, and reigning with Christ - Hebrews 12, Revelation 20.6
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