God With Us 2025 Advent Series :: Re-Air: Rescue Came Down – His Name is Emmanuel
Open Our Bibles Together with MFahring
Release Date: 12/03/2025
God With Us 2025 Advent Series :: Re-Air: The Awe + Wonder of Our Savior's Birth
Open Our Bibles Together with MFahring
Merry Merry Merriest of Christmases to each of you, my OOBTers! 🎄✨ Today’s episode is the final episode in the God With Us Advent re-air series: The Awe + Wonder of Our Savior’s Birth. What a perfect way to pause on Christmas Eve and prepare our hearts and minds for celebrating tomorrow—Christmas Day! We’ll lean in to the real lives of those who were part of the very first Christmas—Zechariah and Elizabeth, Mary and Joseph, the shepherds in the fields, and even the Wise Men. Even if you’ve heard the story hundreds of times, my prayer is that God will give us fresh eyes and...
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God With Us 2025 Advent Series :: Re-Air: God With Us While We Wait
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Welcome to Week 3 of the God With Us Advent re-air series on OOBT! Today’s episode, God With Us While We Wait, invites us to pause in the midst of the busy holiday season and reflect on the deeper meaning of Advent: He has come… and He is coming. In this episode, we explore how Jesus, our Emmanuel, is present with us in every part of life—the hard and the good, the joy and the pain, in the weariness and in the waiting. We dive into what it means to trust God in the “in-between” moments, to let Advent slow our hearts and minds, and to recognize that the waited time is not wasted...
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God With Us 2025 Advent Series :: Re-Air: Out of Egypt I Called My Son
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Merriest almost Christmas, OOBTers! This is Week 2 of the God With Us Advent series. In today’s episode, we trace the threads of God’s rescue plan through some often-overlooked parts of the Christmas story—beginning with the dedication of the firstborn, Simeon and Anna’s encounter with Jesus in the Temple, the Wise Men’s visit, the flight to Egypt, and God’s call to return to Nazareth. Through it all, we see God as our faithful Promise Keeper—working in both the light and the darkness, weaving joy and sorrow into His beautiful plan of redemption. And just like you, I’m...
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God With Us 2025 Advent Series :: Re-Air: Rescue Came Down – His Name is Emmanuel
Open Our Bibles Together with MFahring
Advent is here! Today kicks off a brand-new series on OOBT: God With Us. For the next four weeks, leading right up to Christmas Eve, I’ll be re-airing past Advent episodes—and I’ll be listening right alongside you, my OOBTers! In this episode, we trace Old Testament promises and prophecies of the Rescuer who came down to the Israelites in Egypt, just as our Rescuer came down to us in the form of a baby in a manger. The gift of that baby in the manger is incredible, but even more amazing is the mystery of our Savior’s presence forever with us through the Holy Spirit. God With...
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Deuteronomy 10-13 :: Our God Who Holds Heaven, Earth & Everything In It
Open Our Bibles Together with MFahring
In this special episode, we’re celebrating Open Our Bibles Together with MFahring’s fourth anniversary and reflecting on what God has been teaching us through this journey. We also dive into Deuteronomy 10–13, where Moses reminds the Israelites—and us—of God’s faithfulness, His call to wholehearted obedience, and the importance of hearts fully devoted to Him. We explore the rebuilding of the stone tablets after the golden calf incident, the ark of the covenant where God’s presence dwelt, and what it means to circumcise our hearts. We also hear Moses’ warnings about staying...
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Deuteronomy 7-9 :: God Goes Before You
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In today’s episode of Open Our Bibles Together, we continue our journey through Deuteronomy with a powerful reminder of who God is, what He has done, and how we are called to remember. We’ll step into the words of Moses as he prepares Israel to enter the Promised Land, and we’ll uncover why God called them to destroy idols, how He provided for them in the wilderness, and why their inheritance was never about their own goodness but always about His faithfulness. Along the way, we’ll wrestle with tough questions about God’s judgment, learn why gratitude is the cure to...
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Deuteronomy 4-6 :: Remember, Obey, Love: The Heart of Deuteronomy
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So today on OOBT, we’re diving into Deuteronomy 4–6, and wow… it stirred something in me for sure. In these chapters, Moses sounds less like a distant leader and more like a parent on the curb, sending their child off to college or moving them into their first apartment. He knows the Israelites are about to step into a land full of temptations, surrounded by many gods, and his heart is heavy but hopeful. Gosh, you can almost feel the urgency in his voice as he pleads with them to remember all God has done, to obey His commands, and to stay set apart. We walk through his warnings...
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Deuteronomy 1-3 :: Remembering the Past Before Stepping Forward
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Can you even believe it, my OOBTers?!? Today we’re kicking off a new book of the Bible—our sixth book—Deuteronomy! 🎉 In this episode, we dive into chapters 1–3 and explore how Moses reminds the second generation of Israelites to remember God’s faithfulness before stepping into the Promised Land. From the 11-day journey that became 40 years of wandering, to the lessons from the scouts’ fear and doubt, and the victories over kings like Sihon and Og, Moses repeatedly calls the people to trust, obey, and move forward courageously. We also connect these stories to Rahab in...
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Numbers 34-36 :: Almost There: Standing on the Edge of Everything God Promised
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🎉 Cue that confetti once again, friends— today we’re finishing another book in these thin, crinkly pages! That’s right, our FIFTH book of the Bible together—after Genesis, Job, Exodus, and Leviticus— now we’ve made it through the book of Numbers! 🎉 In today’s OOBT episode release, we wrap up the final chapters of Numbers and take a good look at God’s faithfulness in action. We talk about how He carefully divides the Promised Land, provides for the Levites, and sets up the cities of refuge—showing mercy, protection, and care for His people. We also revisit the...
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Numbers 31-33 :: Plunder, Promises & God’s Presence Right There in the Middle
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In Numbers 31–33, we walk with Israel through some pivotal moments at the very edge of the Promised Land. First, the Lord commands Moses to send the Israelites into battle against the Midianites, the very people who had enticed Israel into sin back in Numbers 25. This becomes Moses’ last conquest, a battle where not one of the 12,000 Israelite soldiers is lost, and where we see offerings given in gratitude and purification laws reminding the people of God’s holiness. Then, in chapter 32, the tribes of Reuben and Gad ask to settle east of the Jordan River instead of entering the...
info_outlineAdvent is here! Today kicks off a brand-new series on OOBT: God With Us. For the next four weeks, leading right up to Christmas Eve, I’ll be re-airing past Advent episodes—and I’ll be listening right alongside you, my OOBTers!
In this episode, we trace Old Testament promises and prophecies of the Rescuer who came down to the Israelites in Egypt, just as our Rescuer came down to us in the form of a baby in a manger.
The gift of that baby in the manger is incredible, but even more amazing is the mystery of our Savior’s presence forever with us through the Holy Spirit. God With Us isn’t just a moment in history—it’s the reality of Emmanuel now and forevermore.
As I listened back to this one myself, my heart was reminded just how much I needed the very words I spoke into the mic so many Advent seasons ago. I pray it does the same for you as we begin this journey together.
Please be sure to check out the show notes—they’re filled with special Advent bonus content and helpful links!
So wherever this season takes you, I so hope you'll listen in and be reminded: our Emmanuel came down, and He is still God With Us. Always. ❤
For the full episode show notes, please go to https://mfahring.com/god-with-us-advent-2025-rescue-came-down-his-name-is-emmanuel/