The Prodigal Son

Scripture covered:

• Luke 15:1-2
• Luke 15:11-16
• Luke 15:17-24
• Luke 15:25-32

Links Mentioned

• Free Bible Study Content by FOCUS: https://focusequip.org/
• Join us for our annual FOCUS conference SEEK23 (now "SEEK Where You Are" virtual on dates of your choice): https://seek.focus.org/join-us/registration-information/where-you-are/
• Lenten Bible Study with Curtis Martin and Dr. Edward Sri: https://focusequip.org/lentenstudy2023/
• Support the podcast and Chad Etzel's mission: https://www.focus.org/missionaries/chad-etzel
• SEEK24: https://seek.focus.org/seek24/
• 8th Day Coaching Podcast (Chad's Other Podcast): New Series: Catholic, Single, and Flourishing

The Covenant Family of God

What is a covenant?  Unlike a contract (which is an exchange of goods and services), a covenant is total exchange of persons.  From divine revelation we learn God invites us into his covenant family.  He gives Himself entirely to us and we are called to give ourselves entirely to Him.  This is most notably seen in the Church!

• Luke: 22:19-20
• Luke 22: 29-30
• Jer 31:31-34
• Ps 89:3-4
• Isaiah 22: 20-22
• Mt 16:17-19
• 1 Kgs 2:13-20
• Rev 12:1-2

Links Mentioned

• Free Bible Study Content by FOCUS: https://focusequip.org/
• Join us for our annual FOCUS conference SEEK23 (now "SEEK Where You Are" virtual on dates of your choice): https://seek.focus.org/join-us/registration-information/where-you-are/
• Lenten Bible Study with Curtis Martin and Dr. Edward Sri: https://focusequip.org/lentenstudy2023/
• Support the podcast and Chad Etzel's mission: https://www.focus.org/missionaries/chad-etzel
• 8th Day Coaching Podcast (Chad's Other Podcast): New Series: Catholic, Single, and Flourishing

The Cross

Pope St. John Paul II once explained that the saving power of the Cross “comes from the fact that the innocent Jesus, out of pure love, entered into solidarity with the guilty and transformed their situation from within.”  

• 1 Peter 3:18
• Romans 5:8
• Romans 3:23
• Romans 6:23
• 2 Cor 3:18
• 1 John 3:1-2
• 2 Peter 1:4

Links Mentioned

• Free Bible Study Content by FOCUS: https://focusequip.org/
• Join us for our annual FOCUS conference SEEK23 (Jan 2-6 or virtual on dates of your choice): https://seek.focus.org/
• Support the podcast and Chad Etzel's mission: https://www.focus.org/missionaries/chad-etzel
• 8th Day Coaching Podcast (Chad's Other Podcast): New Series: Catholic, Single, and Flourishing
• Meeting Room: https://focusmeet.webex.com/meet/chad.etzel

These are some of the most important questions we face in life, but one of the most important questions we all must face is Who is Jesus?  In this episode, we discuss who the world says Jesus is and give you the space to consider this question for yourself.  We also discuss the Liar, Lunatic, Legend, Lord quadrilemma.  

Scripture Covered

• Mark 8:27-29
• John 10:30
• John 14:6
• Matthew 7:21-23

Links Mentioned

• Free Bible Study Content by FOCUS: https://focusequip.org/
• Join us for our annual FOCUS conference SEEK23 (Jan 2-6 or virtual on dates of your choice): https://seek.focus.org/
• Support the podcast and Chad Etzel's mission: https://www.focus.org/missionaries/chad-etzel
• Meeting Room: https://focusmeet.webex.com/meet/chad.etzel

These are some of the most important questions we face in life. And there’s one famous story that points us in the right direction. It’s a story you might have heard before, perhaps from your childhood. But we invite you, now that you are an adult, to take a closer look at it with more mature eyes. Genesis is a book about beginnings. In fact, the word Genesis means “beginnings.” In this first chapter of the Crux, we are going to talk about what the first few chapters of Genesis tell us about God, about us and about our relationship with him.

Scripture Covered

• Genesis 1:26
• Genesis 2:15-17
• Genesis 3:1-7
• Genesis 3:15

Links Mentioned

• Free Bible Study Content by FOCUS: https://focusequip.org/
• Join us for our annual FOCUS conference SEEK23 (Jan 2-6 or virtual on dates of your choice): https://seek.focus.org/
• Support the podcast and Chad Etzel's mission: https://www.focus.org/missionaries/chad-etzel
• Meeting Room: https://focusmeet.webex.com/meet/chad.etzel