Joy for Today
A weekly podcast from the staff of Bible Baptist Church in Beckley, WV. Our Monday episodes, entitled "Touching Monday," feature Michael Humber and Dusty Brian, and provide a recap of the Sunday messages from our church and make application of God's truth to your daily living. Once a month, our pastor, Sam Green, will join the show for our "Joy for Today" episodes to discuss Christian topics and church life issues.
Episodes
85 episodes
Touching Monday Episode 79 - The God Worth Knowing (Psalm 96:1-6)
What is the motivation for our involvement in getting the message of the Gospel out to our friends, neighbors, and those around the world? Guilt is a terrible motivator, and will fade over time. Instead, Scripture provides a better understandin...
Touching Monday Episode 78 - The Greatest Comeback (Romans 5:6-8)
The Bible is very clear when it reveals the state of mankind apart from Christ; the outlook is completely bleak! However, even when we could do nothing to fix the problem and our eternal destination, Jesus Christ provided the only way possible ...
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Touching Monday Episode 77 - More Than They Deserve (Matthew 5:38-42)
If you have ever been wronged by someone else, you share something with basically everyone else on the planet! But how do you respond when those wrongs occur? What thoughts or emotions spring up when you are offended or treated poorly? Jesus ha...
Touching Monday Episode 76 - More Than Your Word (Matthew 5:33-37)
What kind of character do your words display? Are you a person whom others can trust? The Bible says that out of the abundance of our hearts our mouths speak. So, what is in our hearts that is coming out as words when we interact with others? L...
Touching Monday Episode 75 - The Covenant Behind the Commitment (Matthew 5:31-32)
There are few realms of life that we need more grace to perform well than that of marriage. Marriage is more than a contract; it is a covenant commitment to another person for life. There are so many opinions and viewpoints regarding marriage i...
Touching Monday Episode 74 - More Than Faithful (Matthew 5:27-30)
Jesus continues to correct the perspective of what true righteousness is as we progress through His Sermon on the Mount. It is not just the outward action that God states must be right, but also the desire and motivation of our hearts that is i...
Touching Monday Episode 73 - The Attitude Behind the Action (Matthew 5:21-26)
The righteousness that Jesus describes in the Sermon on the Mount is much higher than any human standard! In fact, in Matthew 5:21-26, Jesus helps us to understand that God is not just concerned with our outward actions being righteous and righ...
Touching Monday Episode 72 - Righteousness Reimagined (Matthew 5:17-20)
It is amazing how often the Bible contradicts and corrects our incorrect way of thinking! At the time of the Sermon on the Mount, people considered the "righteousness" of the religious leaders to be paramount. Jesus, however, stated that righte...
Touching Monday Episode 71 - Choose to Lose (Matthew 16:25)
Every day is filled with decisions. Most of these are small choices we are faced with, but every so often we are confronted with larger decisions. Both the seemingly smaller decisions and the large ones are important as they help shape our live...
Touching Monday Episode 70 - Strengthened to Walk (Colossians 1:10-11)
How do you grow in your Christian walk? In Colossians 1, God provides some helpful measurement mark for believers to evaluate our progress! He also reminds us that we are not to be walking under our own strength, but through His. As we yield to...
Touching Monday Episode 69 - The Fullness of His Will (Colossians 1:9)
It is usually a blessing to hear that others are praying for us, and that is certainly the case as we read Paul's prayer requests for the people in Colossae. In opposition to some false teachers who were attempting to gain influence and followi...
Touching Monday Episode 68 - Three Farewell Speeches Every Nation Needs to Hear (Deuteronomy 8:10-18)
The United States is definitely a nation that has experienced the blessings of the Lord! As we celebrated 250 years as a country, it has been easy to think about how often God has provided for our well-being. But even greater than our citizensh...
Touching Monday Episode 67 - The Flavor of the Gospel Pt.2 (Matthew 5:14-16)
Not only did Jesus say that Christians are the "salt of the earth," but also that we are "the light of the world." These two word pictures help us to see the responsibility we have in a dark and confused world. We are to reflect the character a...
Touching Monday Episode 66 - When God Knows You, Dad (Genesis 18:19)
It is a sobering thought that God knows all about us, especially when the context is about our parenting! Our world desperately needs godly leadership, and that must begin in the home with our family. One of the most comforting names for God is...
Touching Monday Episode 65 - The Flavor of the Gospel (Matthew 5:13)
Did you know that Jesus calls His believers "the salt of the earth?" He uses that word picture to describe what our influence should be on the world around us. Instead of being conformed to the world, we are to allow the Gospel to change us and...
Touching Monday Episode 64 - Blessed Under Fire (Matthew 5:10-12)
We spend most of our lives attempting to avoid conflict and persecution. Yet the Bible promises that if we are living according to the truth of God's Word, persecution will come. Jesus was honest with His followers, but He also promises blessin...
Touching Monday Episode 63 - More Than Peacekeepers (Matthew 5:9)
You don't have to look far to find some kind of conflict ...sometimes you only have to look within yourself! We live in a world filled with fighting and warfare, and it has been going on since the Fall of man in the Garden of Eden. Yet Christ c...
Touching Monday Episode 62 - The Reward of a Pure Heart (Matthew 5:8
Even the possibility of having a "pure heart" is amazing to think about! But this condition does not come through our efforts to do better; purity of heart comes only through a relationship with Christ! We should be asking ourselves, "Where or ...
Touching Monday Episode 61 - A Place at the Table (Mark 3:31-35)
The Bible provides so much help to us to think clearly about our relationships and the priority we place on them as we go about life. In Mark 3, Jesus makes some statements about family that seem shocking at first, but that provide helpful pers...
Touching Monday Episode 60 - Who Is My Neighbor? (Luke 10:25-37)
Many are familiar with the story of the Good Samaritan from Luke 10. Jesus uses this event to get us to think about our personal involvement in the lives of others, and the decisions we make about how we might best help when a need presents its...
Touching Monday Episode 59 - The Flow of Mercy (Matthew 5:7)
We love mercy--at least when it is extended to us! We can sometimes struggle, though, extending mercy to other people, especially those who have hurt us in some way. But mercy is one of the clearest marks of a life changed by God. Mercy is more...
Touching Monday Episode 58 - Starving for What Matters (Matthew 5:6)
Our world is filled with "appetites" - success, comfort, recognition, and pleasure all compete for our attention. What about your appetite for righteousness? Jesus points us this direction, and helps us understand that He is the only thing that...
Touching Monday Episode 57 - The Strength of the Meek (Matthew 5:5)
Meekness is not usually a trait our culture celebrates, but as Jesus preaches His Sermon on the Mount, He includes meekness as an important part of our Christian living. Often, meekness is overlooked because its meaning is misunderstood. Truthf...
Touching Monday Episode 56 - Living Hope (1 Peter 1:3)
So many people talk about "hope." How important it is to have it, how to get it, how to keep it, etc. But the Bible provides us with real hope, found in Jesus Christ! Because of Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection, every believer has a livin...