Book by Book
by Biblical Frameworks
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John episode 1 - Why John Begins Before The Universe Begins
John episode 1 - Why John Begins Before The Universe Begins
About this podcast
The Bible is the most important book in the world.
It not only takes us through the whole history of the universe from beginning to end, but it can also speak clearly to us about daily life:
Why are we here?
Is there really a God who has shown up in human history?
How should we live?
Book by Book explores the Bible's answers to the deepest questions.
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- John episode 1 - Why John Begins Before The Universe Begins · 17 minJohn 1:1-51 No stable, no shepherds, no star. John opens his gospel before the world exists, and that is where we begin this new series from Docklands in London. Richard Bewes is…
- Ezra/Haggai part 6 - What If Your Greatest Desire Cannot Be Shaken? · 19 minA half-built temple, a pile of stones, and a room full of people wondering whether it is even worth continuing. That is the emotional moment Haggai 2 speaks into, and it is where…
- Ezra/Haggai part 5 - Haggai And The Danger Of Comfortable Faith · 18 minA stalled building site in Jerusalem becomes a mirror for the modern heart. We open Haggai 1:1–15 and sit with a prophet’s blunt question: why are God’s people settling into…
- Ezra/Haggai part 4 - Faithfulness After Failure · 18 minA hard question sits at the heart of Ezra 9 and it refuses to stay in the past: what happens when God’s people slowly absorb the values, relationships, and worship patterns of…
- Ezra/Haggai part 3 - Ezra’s Blueprint For Scripture Led Renewal · 16 minA roadblock can feel final until God quietly turns it around. From Ezra 7 to 8 we follow a leader shaped by exile, disciplined by Scripture, and bold enough to trust God on a…
- Ezra/Haggai part 2 - When “Helpful” People Are Not Helpful · 16 minThey offered to help rebuild the temple, then turned into opponents the moment they were refused. That single twist in Ezra opens up a whole world of questions about compromise…
- Ezra/Haggai part 1 - The First Postal Service Delivers A Temple Plan · 15 minA Persian emperor issues a decree to rebuild God’s temple and his name appears in prophecy written long before he’s born. That’s where our Book of Ezra Bible study begins…
- James part 6 - Chapter Five On Money And Justice · 20 minWealth can feel like armour, right up until the moment it starts rusting. As we reach the final chapter of James, we sit with one of the Bible’s most direct warnings about money…
- James part 5 - Humble Yourself Before The Lord And He Will Lift You Up · 15 minPeaceful churches do not happen by accident, and James refuses to let us blame “the atmosphere” or “the times we live in”. As we open James 3:18 through chapter 4, we follow the…
- James part 4 - Chapter 3 On Teaching And Speech · 15 minOne careless sentence can undo months of trust. That is why James chapter 3 feels so modern: it treats speech as a spiritual force, not a side issue, and it refuses to let…
- James part 3 - A Faith Without Deeds Cannot Save Anyone · 16 minA sentence can sound spiritual and still mean nothing: “I believe in God.” James refuses to let us hide behind that kind of talk. We sit with James 2:14 onwards and feel the…
- James part 2 - What If True Religion Looks Like Mercy? · 17 minYou can sit through years of preaching and still miss the point. From a fruit and veg shop at the Farm Fellowship near Preston, we open James and let it press on the places where…
- A Practical Walk Through James Chapter One · 17 min“Consider it pure joy” is one of the hardest lines in the New Testament to take seriously, especially when life is genuinely frightening. From a barn at Farm Fellowship near…
- From Panic To Prayer: Finding Safety In Psalm 27 · 17 minFear loves to speak in absolutes: you’re alone, you’re done, there’s no way through. Psalm 27 answers with a different absolute: “The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom…
- Psalm 25 Shows Why Only Jesus Can Cleanse Us · 17 minA single line from Psalm 25 can expose what most of us try to hide: “Remember not the sins of my youth.” We sit with that honesty and ask a bigger question behind it, namely why…
- Psalm 24 And The Victory Of The Ascended Jesus · 16 minThe world can feel like it belongs to whoever shouts loudest, fights hardest, or manipulates best, so Psalm 24 lands like a challenge: “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in…
- Reading Psalm 23 As Resurrection Hope In Christ · 16 minPsalm 23 is so familiar that we can miss how daring it really is. We sit with “The Lord is my shepherd” and read it in its wider setting, between Psalm 22’s crucifixion shadow…
- Psalm 22 Shows Us What The Cross Cost God · 17 minThe opening line of Psalm 22 is not a distant religious quote, it is the cry Jesus chose for the cross. We sit with the words “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” and ask…
- Psalm 20 Shows Us How God Saves Christ · 18 minPsalm 20 sounds like a comforting prayer until you ask one unsettling question: who is the “you”? From Sandown Park near London, we follow that thread and find ourselves face to…
- Leviticus episode 10 - Leviticus 26–27: Blessings, Curses, And A World Made Holy · 16 minA love that warns is a love that won’t look away. We sit with Leviticus 26–27 and hear a Father’s voice pressing toward blessing, waving us off the edge with urgency, and…
