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Ancient Words, Modern Message

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The past is a mirror. And the more we examine what came before us, the more we can understand where we are heading. This podcast is based on a series of Bible studies called Schmooze, News, and Views - where sections of old and new testament scripture are carefully examined. Hosted by Roger Wambold and released every other Monday.

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#99
Monday · 33 min
The Glory of Ending Well
“Life is a marathon, not a sprint; pace yourself accordingly.” Those words appear in a 2007 book, The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of Life, written by American long-distance runner, Amby Burfoot, who won the Boston Marathon in 1968 as the first collegiate victor in the history of the race since it began in 1897, and who has completed twenty-nine Boston Marathons since then. Burfoot’s point is that consistency and tenacity are required in crossing the finish line successfully, or to put in another way, it’s not how well one starts a race, but the way one ends it. So many of life’s endeavors seem to be off to a wonderful start, only to end disappointingly, or even tragically. Most of us can cite examples of people who have started well, but not ended well, and sadly, most of us can think of specific cases of people in Christian ministry who started out with great success and fanfare, but did not “end well.” This current study of Gideon, the fifth of Israel’s twelve “judges,” focuses on such a case, an example of one who at first was greatly used by God—in spite of his limited capabilities, but who did not cross life’s finish line victoriously, one who started well, but did not end well. We learn the specifics in this sixth and final study of the life and ministry of Gideon, an episode entitled, “The Glory of Ending Well.” --- Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#98
October 26 · 32 min
Beware of Success
The story of Israel’s fifth of twelve “judges”is one of a man first appearing as an apparent finalist in a contest for “the least likely to succeed,” but then climbing to the summit of success. However, all too often the ascent up that mountain is followed by a descent on the other side. So it was with the career of Gideon as recorded in the Old Testament Book of Judges, chapters six through eight. As exciting as it is to read about the transformation of an ordinary man, cowering from the threat of the enemies of his people, to a courageous military figure, leading his people to an astounding victory against all odds, it is equally disturbing to see the eventual personal and spiritual decline of that same individual. And this is the movement of events we consider in the fifth study in the series entitled, “The Best of Times and the Worst of Times.” It is so important to remember that God has lessons for us to learn from the history of His people, something we must keep in mind as we move through this episode we call “Beware of Success.” --- Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#97
October 12 · 31 min
Weak Enough to Win
“If it is to be, it is up to me!” That maxim has often been heard in humanistic motivational speeches, encouraging the hearers to recognize their self-potential and nearly limitless innate capabilities. One thing is certain: When Gideon, Israel’s fifth judge, was commissioned by God to lead his people in battle against overwhelming military strength, he did not chant “If it is to be, it is up to me!” or even the less certain self-talk of “The Little Engine That Could”: “I think I can. I think I can!” Our previous three studies in Judges 6 introduced us to a man who was anything but self confident and self assured, a man who needed extra dosages of divine assurance. And just when Gideon began to believe he might actually be able to accomplish the task in spite of inferior resources, he is ordered to dramatically reduce even those. But then. . .God steps in to demonstrate the truth of something the apostle Paul would learn almost twelve centuries later, that God’s strength is magnified in our weakness so that He alone receives the glory for great outcomes. So, for a dramatic demonstration of this important spiritual lesson, we turn to Judges, chapter seven, in an episode entitled, “Weak Enough To Win.” --- Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#96
September 28 · 26 min
Clay Feet and the Hall of Fame
Most of us know how important it is when a professional athlete is inducted into the hall of fame, whether that be baseball or football. However, most people don’t realize that there are over one hundred “Hall of Fame” attractions throughout the United States, recognizing exceptional accomplishments in a great variety of fields: lesser known sports, music, entertainment, pop culture. For example, while we might be familiar with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio and the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee, how about the RV (Recreational Vehicle) Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Indiana, or the Mascot Hall of Fame in Whiting, Indiana, and how many of us have planned a vacation around a stop at the Idaho Potato Museum in Blackfoot, Idaho to visit the Potato Hall of Fame? This edition of “Ancient Words, Modern Message” draws our attention to a man who surprisingly made it all the way into another Hall of Fame, the Faith Hall of Fame,” some of whose inductees are listed in the eleventh chapter of the Book of Hebrews. We learn about him in our series of studies of Judges six through eight, “The Best of Times and the Worst of Times.” Gideon, the fifth of Israel’s twelve judges was in so many ways just an ordinary man with faith the size of a mustard seed, but God nurtured that faith to maturity all the way to Gideon’s induction into the Faith Hall of Fame. It’s a fascinating story and a reminder to each of us of how God can use ordinary people like us. Let’s look at it together in this episode entitled, “Clay Feet and the Hall of Fame." --- Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#95
September 14 · 34 min
When Little Is Much
In this second episode in the series, “The Best of Times and the Worst of Times,” our study of the Old Testament Book of Judges reminds us that Israel’s fifth “judge” did not start his “career” after being voted “the most likely to succeed.” In fact, by his own admission, it appeared as if he would only excel in mediocrity and insignificance. But then, God showed up with an extremely ambitious plan for this very ordinary man, and isn’t that so very often how God chooses to work? He seems to delight in taking the simple things and the non-spectacular people and empowering them for His use, the net effect of which is a manifestation of His glory and not ours. While there might be some folks listening to this podcast who have exceptional capabilities, most of us would certainly fit into Gideon’s category whose response to God’s call was (loosely paraphrased), “Who me? You mean little old me?” Perhaps the best way to describe Gideon’s career as Israel’s fifth judge at a most difficult time would be, “Little is much. . .when God is in it,” as we are reminded in an old Gospel song written in 1924. And oh, listen carefully at the end of the study for the background of the song and its most amazing connection with a man whose name many will recognize. With that teaser, let’s turn to Judges six for this episode entitled, “When Little Is Much.” Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#94
August 31 · 32 min
The Reluctant Hero
First impressions—We all are concerned about how we make them on others, and we all have formed opinions about others, based on them! While most of us are familiar with the exploits of some of the outstanding men and women of the Old Testament, in many cases we have to admit that our first impression of them, as they appear in Scripture, may not have been the best. So it is with Gideon, of whose life and accomplishments we learn in three chapters in the Book of Judges. At a time when Israel desperately needed a great leader, the scene opens in Judges six with the man Gideon hiding in fear from his nation’s enemies who had oppressed them for seven years—definitely not a good first impression! But then, there is more to the story. . .a great deal more. And that’s where we start in this new series entitled, “The Best of Times and the Worst of Times” (Studies in the Book of Judges 6-8), getting more acquainted with the fifth of Israel’s twelve judges, Gideon, in this first episode we call “The Reluctant Hero.”
#93
August 17 · 29 min
Michael's Story
Shalom! I’m Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship. I look forward to each of these “Bagel-side Chats,” normally scheduled to be heard every seventh episode in the “Ancient Words, Modern Message” series of podcasts. Frankly, I enjoy the informality of the format, and I even allow myself the luxury of considering it a “virtual visit” with each of you who listen in. In this fifteenth “Bagel-side Chat” (It’s hard for me to believe we’re already up to that number), it is my privilege to introduce you to a special friend and his connection with what you are hearing right now. Especially in this time when anti-Semitism is alarmingly on the rise worldwide, including our own country, the United States, it is important to determine its insidious root cause and its potential solution. It is for this reason that I’ve chosen to introduce you to Michael and to share his story. In fact, that’s the title of this episode, “Michael’s Story.” Thanks for listening, and may God use his story to bless, encourage, and help you. Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#92
August 3 · 33 min
When the Right Man’s in Charge
In his 1981 inaugural address, Ronald Reagan famously said, “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” In his inimitable fashion, our 40th president “cut to the chase” and “hit the nail on the head,” recognizing and acknowledging that so long as men with a sinful human nature are elected to office, make laws, and govern nations, the nation over which they preside will be woefully imperfect. But what happens if “the Chief Executive” is a man not possessing a sinful human nature, one who is perfectly righteous, perfectly just, perfectly holy? What happens if the only One who fits this description, Jesus Christ, is finally in complete control, completely in charge of human affairs on earth? The results are nothing short of extraordinary as can be seen in the prophet Zechariah’s description of a time in the future when this unprecedented government will be unveiled, a time when even the most ordinary of items will bear the hallmark of a holy God. In this sixth and final study in the series, “God Remembers: Studies in Zechariah 12-14,” we carefully consider what the world will be like when Jesus rules and reigns on the earth, as all of the Old Testament prophets assure us He will,” a time “When the Right Man’s in Charge.” And that is the title of this episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message, so let’s turn to Zechariah 14 and “dig in." Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#91
July 20 · 33 min
When Happy Days Are Here Again
As the impact of the Great Depression in the fall of 1929 began to reverberate throughout the United States, Jewish composer Milton Ager and Jewish lyricist Jack Yellen released their song, “Happy Days Are Here Again,” at a time when the sufferings of the American people had just begun. Democrat presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt adopted the song for his 1932 campaign, resulting in his election to the first of three terms as president, likely due to the musical theme of better days waiting beyond the time of hardship (particularly if people voted for him!). Throughout history people have looked to the future in hopes of a better day when, as the song goes, “the skies above are clear again, so let’s sing a song of cheer again; happy days are here again.” In sixth century B.C. Israel, the prophet Zechariah received visions of the future of Israel and the Jewish people, a future characterized by enormous, in fact unprecedented, suffering. However, those visions included the promise of a bright future awaiting them, not only them, but awaiting all of those who know Jesus as their Savior, Lord, and coming King. For more on this, let’s turn to Zechariah 14 in the next study in this series, “God Remembers,” an episode entitled, “When Happy Days Are Here Again.” Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#90
July 6 · 30 min
The Glory Returns!
Rarely does a day pass in which the state of Israel is not mentioned early on in the news media’s reporting of current events, which is quite remarkable, given the unimpressive land-mass and “junior-size” population of a country the size of the State of New Jersey and home to only ten million people. And rarely does a day pass without any report, even the regularly understated ones, of an incident of violence against Jewish people as an expression of anti-Semitism somewhere in the world. One can’t help but have the distinct feeling that the future holds some kind of major eruption involving that little country and that small group of people—less than seven million Jews in Israel and a total of only slightly over fifteen million Jews worldwide. And that feeling is entirely consistent with the Old Testament prophecies regarding Israel and the Jewish people, including a remarkably dramatic depiction of the ultimate outcome of movements appearing center-stage right now, as reported in today’s news. It is important to note that the Old Testament prophets never “hedged” on their statement of what God is going to do with, and for, Israel. Bible-believing people still embrace the statement—trite, but true—“God said it; I believe it; that settles it!” And one of the prophets even answered to a name which, every time it was spoken, was a reminder of the certainty of his prophecies: Zechariah, meaning in Hebrew, “God remembers.” So let’s look into what Zechariah declares as the future of Israel and the Jewish people in this fourth installment of the series, “God Remembers!,” an episode we call “The Glory Returns!” Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#89
June 22 · 31 min
There Is a Fountain. . .
In Psalm 32 King David offers a personal testimony—from his own experience—of the sweet assurance of sins forgiven when he writes: Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. (Psalm 32:1-2 in the English Standard Version) Though even so great a leader as Israel’s King David could speak confidently of this assurance, the fact is that the concept is foreign to Jewish people today, as evidenced by the uncertainty with which they conclude their personal and corporate observance each year of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. And yet, the prophet Zechariah declared the message of a time when this joyful assurance of forgiveness will be extended to all of Israel, but sadly after a time of great adversity and persecution. The source of that forgiveness is the same for Jews and Gentiles alike, found only in the atoning death of Jesus. With that in mind, let’s open our Bibles to Zechariah chapter 13 for the third in the series, “God Remembers: Studies in Zechariah twelve through fourteen,” an episode entitled, “There Is a Fountain.” Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#88
June 8 · 32 min
Israel’s New Birth
While there are those who say that God is finished with His dealings with national Israel, with the Jewish people as a whole—which essentially means that “The Chosen People” have become “The Un-Chosen People—both the Old and New Testament Scriptures indicate a future scenario quite to the contrary. It is certainly true that Jacob’s descendants have rarely walked in obedience and service to God (but then, whose descendants HAVE?), that doesn’t mean that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who chose the Jewish people to have a special relationship with Him and to be used by Him in special ways has moved from “Plan A” to “Plan B”! In this episode of “Ancient Words, Modern Message,” we look again at the Old Testament Prophet Zechariah’s message concerning the future of Israel, a future that is both frightening and reassuring. So I invite you to open your Bible to Zechariah, chapter 12 for today’s study in our series,“God Remembers!”, one entitled, “Israel’s New Birth." Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#87
May 25 · 34 min
When All Else Fails, Look Up!
There is a “catchy” little gospel song that has been around for a long time, but originated among troubled people in a very difficult time. “Do Lord, O Do Lord, O Do Remember Me” has been sung joyfully, performed, and recorded by many, many people over many, many years, but it was African slaves in the mid-nineteenth century, prior to the War Between the States, who first put those words to music. With lives full of seemingly endless toil, despair, and hopelessness, they looked to the future, to the end of their lives and sang. . . “I’ve got a home in glory-land that outshines the sun.” It was that hope that enabled them to face each wretched day, and they couldn’t help but ask God in song to remember their hope and trust in Him when they were called into His presence. Throughout many centuries the Jewish people have likewise been in the most desperate of circumstances when the only real source of strength and comfort was the deliverance and joy awaiting them in the future. They, too, likely cried out, “Do Lord, O Do Lord, O Do Remember Us!” God sent a prophet to the Jewish people at a crucial time in their history when they greatly needed encouragement and strength, and the very name of that prophet characterized the message he would bring to them. Zechariah, meaning “God remembers!” And that is the title of this series of studies from the Old Testament Book of Zechariah, chapters twelve through fourteen, beginning with this first episode entitled, “When All Hope Is Lost, Look Up!” Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#86
May 11 · 20 min
Heavy on the Leaven: The Feast of Pentecost
Roger Wambold here: Once again as your host in this series of podcasts, “Ancient Words, Modern Message” I have the privilege of settling in at my desk with a bagel and a beverage for an informal chat about things Jewish. With tongue-in-cheek one Jewish pundit opined that “We Jews have a blessing for everything!” In a similar humorous vein, another Jewish observer theorized that “Since every Jewish holiday includes special foods, and since we Jews love to eat, we had to come up with lots of Jewish holidays!” While it is true that the Jewish calendar does seem to have an inordinately large number of “special days,” some of these “special days” were ordained by God and commanded in Scripture. It is the subject of one of these divinely-commanded “special days” that is the focus of this new “Bagel-side Chat.” So. . .I invite you to join me—maybe even with your own bagel and beverage—for this episode entitled, “Heavy on the Leaven: The Feast of Pentecost.” Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#85
April 27 · 28 min
Who Is on the Lord’s Side?
God’s people throughout history have always used the medium of music to express their praise, worship, and gratitude to God. And so it was when Israel’s fourth judge, Deborah, the “stout-hearted woman,” reflected on a glorious victory over the Canaanite Confederacy “against all odds” more than three millennia ago, the details of which are recorded in Judges, chapter four. The next chapter provides a record of the song of praise that she wrote and sang on that occasion. The last verse—really the chorus—of the song is Judges 5:31: “So may all your enemies perish, O LORD! But your friends be like the sun as he rises in his might.” In essence, Deborah is declaring that in every contest between God and man, between good and evil, the final score is always the same: “God wins, and His enemies lose!” So the question that begs to be asked of every one of us is: “Which side am I on?” Many years after Deborah’s song, another song writer, Maltbie Babcock, reminded himself and all of us that, “Though the wrong seems oft’ so strong, God is the Ruler yet.” A few years after that, Eugene M. Bartlett gave us his musical reminder of “Victory in Jesus”: I heard about a mansion He has built for me in glory, And I heard about the streets of gold beyond the crystal sea; About the angels singing, and the old redemption story, And some sweet day I’ll sing up there the song of victory. So the question remains: “Who is on the Lord’s side?” And that is the title of this sixth and final episode in the series, “Stout-Hearted Men and Women: Studies in the Book of Judges.” Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#84
April 13 · 32 min
Deborah’s Song
It is significant that the longest book in the Bible is a songbook, referring, of course, to the book of Psalms in the Old Testament, which is a collection of songs of praise written by various men (and possibly women) of God to be sung to His glory. It is also significant that there are so many examples in Scripture of God’s people “breaking into song” in response to demonstrations of God’s greatness and goodness on their behalf. And so it is in the book of Judges when, against all odds, God delivered Israel from twenty years of oppression at the hands of the Canaanites. When the dust settled after the heat of battle, Deborah the Judge composed lyrics and music for a song of praise. Though we don’t have the tune, we do have the words to that song recorded in Judges, chapter five. And so, let’s enjoy and be challenged by these words in this fifth in our series, “Stout-Hearted Men and Women: Studies in the Book Judges,” an episode entitled simply, “Deborah’s Song.” Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#83
March 30 · 25 min
The Hammer of Justice in the Hand of the Brave
There are those who avoid reading and studying the Old Testament due to the misguided opinion that it is boring and irrelevant. The current episode of “Ancient Words, Modern Message” will certainly demonstrate that such a thought could not be farther from the truth. This portion of the Book of Judges recounts what might well be considered one of the most intriguing and dramatic scenes to be found among the narratives of Israel’s many conflicts with their enemies in the nations surrounding them. And yet, the two principal players in this scene are not battling warriors, but a sleeping general and a woman with camping gear! Out of this incident comes yet again a reminder that God delights in using the most ordinary of people and the most humble of instruments to accomplish His plans, so that there can be no doubt as to the source of success. With this in mind, let’s turn to the fourth chapter of the Book of Judges to meet another of the “Stout-Hearted Men and Women” in this fourth study in the series, an episode we call “The Hammer of Justice in the Hand of the Brave." Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#82
March 16 · 28 min
Behind Every Good Man...
A highly respected Christian leader and Bible teacher famously said, “Just once I’d like to walk into a church and have it smell more like after-shave than perfume!” His point was that far too often women take the lead when it comes to spiritual matters because the men have shirked their responsibilities. It is this troublesome weakness of male leadership that is very much in evidence in this next study in the Book of Judges, as the repetitive cycle of Israel’s disobedience to God, divine judgment at the hand of their enemies, appeal for help from Heaven, and deliverance under the leadership of a judge is once again on display. A careful consideration of the Biblical record suggests that God’s “man for the hour” to lead Israel to deliverance from a twenty year oppression by the Canaanites was actually Barak, but he sadly shrank from his duty, at which point a Godly woman named Deborah stepped in to bolster his resolve and courage. It might be said that the two main characters in this account could be identified as “a stout-hearted woman and a faint-hearted man.” We will take note of Deborah’s inspiring reminder to Barak as they faced their enemies, “Does not the LORD go out before you?” It was this assurance that Barak needed to “step up to the plate,” and it is the assurance that we need likewise to face challenges in our lives today. So let’s open our bibles to Judges 4:1-15 for the next study in this series, an episode entitled, “Behind Every Good Man. . .” Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#81
March 2 · 33 min
Fit for the Master’s Use
The iconic instruction of the classic Hollywood movie director was: “Lights, camera, action!” In some ways these same instructions could apply to a study of the Old Testament book of Judges. “Lights!” A careful study of the text shines a light on what took place in Israel over three thousand years ago. “Camera!” We want to be sure that what we see and learn is something we retain and apply to our own lives here and now. “Action!” There certainly is plenty of dramatic action to be seen in the lives and service of the twelve individuals featured in these accounts. But then there is yet another command barked out by the aforementioned director: “Cut!” That order is given when the scene does not go well and the one in charge wants everything to come to a halt and the scene improved. That instruction, too, could apply to the book of Judges with the same scene repeated over and over again in its troublesome form as a four-step cycle is seen in its pernicious form over a 337-year period of time. In watching the action unfold, we feel like shouting, “Cut!” And so we begin a consideration of the script acted out by the first three of twelve judges featured in the Book of Judges in this series of studies entitled, “Stout-hearted Men and Women” in this episode entitled, “Fit for the Master’s Use.” Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.
#80
February 16 · 30 min
Stuck in History
The plot of Groundhog Day, the 1993 comedy film starring Bill Murray, revolves around a television weather broadcaster who reports from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania on February 2, covering the annual appearance of that town’s famous groundhog and its impact upon winter weather patterns. In a bizarre set of circumstances, he finds that every day is a repeat of the day before it, February 2, “Groundhog Day,” until he breaks the chain with a change of character and attitude. In some ways, Ancient Israel had its own “Groundhog Day” that lasted for 337 years, with a cycle of events that was repeated over and over throughout that long period of time. In today’s episode of “Ancient Words, Modern Message” we begin a study of the Book of Judges and learn about this distressing cycle and its disturbing consequences, interrupted periodically by the appearance of a courageous, bold leader, only to resume when the leader is gone. With this in mind, let’s turn to the fascinating, and all-too-relevant book of Judges for the first of six installments in a series entitled, “Stout-hearted Men and Women,” an episode we call “Stuck in History.” Thank you for listening to Ancient Words, Modern Message. You can expect episodes twice a month on Monday. Ancient Words, Modern Message is supported by Hebrew Christian Fellowship. To learn more about our ministry, or to ask a question, contact HCFellowship4819@gmail.com. We might just answer your question on a future episode of Ancient Words, Modern Message. If you know a person that you think would benefit from this teaching, please share it with them. And if you’d like to support Ancient Words, Modern Message, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Your input helps us make the podcast even better and reach new listeners. Ancient Words, Modern Message is produced by Studio D Podcast Production and hosted by Rev. Roger Wambold, Director of Hebrew Christian Fellowship.

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