Hey everybody. Welcome back to another edition of the daily Bible podcast. Hey, Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. You're back. Hey, you're back to your normal greeting. Yeah. Well, Normally just a lack of lack of imagination is what that is. All right. Well, I appreciate it. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. I appreciate the lack of imagination. Well, Well, just the predictability is predict is nice. Yeah. Whatever happened in predictability. I mean the milkman, the paper boy, and even evening TV. Do you see what you're doing? I know what I'm doing. I do. I did only like 10%. Of those who listen, know what I just quoted. Well, You know, in an era where family matters. Everywhere you look. Yeah. You just need some people to hold onto. Yeah, that's right. That's right. Anyways. For those of you still tracking with this? This is what we refer to as Googling. And this is the stuff that some people just don't appreciate and others love and well, yeah, some. Um, there's a, there's a vocal minority on either side and then there's the. Ambivalent middle. That was not the majority. Middle who's like just, I don't care. That's fair. It's enough of that. That's fair. Hey, we got an email from a listener, uh, who I'm potentially related to in the fact that he's my dad. Uh, he's sending it in an email about how people are kind of picking the Bible back up a little bit. That nuns have decreased the religious nuns that is not the nuns wearing the habits, but the. Those that would say that they're religiously unaffiliated. Uh, that number is dropped for the first time in quite a while. And Bible sales are up and there seems to be a little bit of a shift back there. And I think. I saw a response from you to that email saying, Hey, yeah. It's interesting. I wonder why I wonder what's going on behind that. It's it's a unique time. It's it feels like in our world right now, at least in our nation. Yeah, I think I saw this a couple of weeks ago. Um, so I'm not sure why Shane is talking at Shane Pruitt is who he's quoting here. Shane underscore Pruitt 78. Um, I, it was a major news source. Uh, I think it was the New York times. I can't recall. I'm looking right now to see if I can pull it back up here. But yeah, th. There, there was this massive thing, and lots of people were quoting and tweet quoting it about how great this is and what it means and where it comes from and why it's happening. I think there's a, there's a lot of speculation as to why people are really excited about the Bible right now, or at least getting interested in it. Do you have any thoughts about why that might be. Uh, aside from there seems to be, uh, Larger picture rejection of some of the, uh, the godlessness of our culture and society at large. I think we see some of that in the election results that happened this, this time around even, even globally. When you look at what's going on right now in Britain, in England, where they're they're banning puberty blockers amongst the, the young people there, it's a big deal. That's huge. Um, I'm not suggesting that these are all motivated by godliness, uh, even, you know, Disney making the decision that Mueller just talked about this week on the briefing to pull the storyline from one of their shows that was promoting something that as we, as Christians would say that that's wrong. Thank God. I can now see the movie. Yeah. Maybe, I guess we don't know yet. Who knows? At least a step in the right direction who knows. Um, So it seems like maybe our, our culture is looking at. I think people get hungry for change when things get difficult and things get hard. And I think things have been getting difficult and things are getting hard. And so perhaps some of the people that drifted from the Bible over the last decade or so are beginning to drift back towards it, thinking. Okay. I walked away and things didn't really go well. So maybe I need to lean back into it. Or those that have never leaned into it at all are looking for some answers, perhaps they're with. You know, questions of, of what's going on and in shifts, um, I mean, you've got governments collapsing. You've got a big shift in our government structure here. It's, it's, it's an interesting time to be alive right now. And I think the Bible is a book that by and large people have at least known. Eh, purportedly has answers for people that, that for 2000 years, The church has held up and said, Hey, find the answers to what's going on in the world here in this book. And so maybe that's driving some of the change and that's where I think that's where I would lay my chips. I think because of the proliferation of Christian content on podcasts and YouTube. And some really well-spoken articulate believers who hold fastidiously to the Bible. Are capturing the imaginations of nuns and unbelievers who are saying maybe Christians do have something that they can offer to this conversation. I mean, even something I know we make fun of it. We, as in you make fun of it, about the aliens and the, and the, you know, the orbs over New Jersey, New York, and the things like that. There are Christian podcasts. And I guess when I say Christian podcast, or there are Christian men who are. Uh, thinking seriously about these things and saying, how does scripture speak to them? And they're offering really compelling and interesting insights to what otherwise is a conversation where people are like, I don't know. I don't know, Mike, my worldview doesn't fit those things. Yeah. And so we're saying the Christian worldview, a lot of the scriptures can speak to all of these things and answer really well. So I'm not saying you would agree with everything they would say, but Christians who hold to the Bible are making compelling arguments. And I think people are listening. Yeah. Is this pastor mark and pastor Mindy that are. Talking about more can Mindy and Andrew Nina. I know, Nope, this is not them. Wow. That predates even family matters. It does. Yeah, it does. What movie was that from? It was a TV show is taking the show late eighties, early nineties, Mork and Mindy. They were, I think mark was an alien. Oh yeah. So that's the context. I don't have the situation yet. Don't know that aren't older folks listening to this will pick up on that. Well, once you turn 40 you'll understand. Absolutely so young. You are just a worker snapper. I'm thinking of guys like blurry creatures. Uh, the blurry versus those guys. Yeah. And that a song by puddle of mud or something like that. Um, Larry Lincoln park. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know about Lincoln park, but yeah. Puddle of mud. Yeah, that's what I saw those guys in concert. Did you at the family values tour that this is. Name for that's an odd band to have at the family values. Well, it was the irony. It was corn and limp biscuit. Yeah, those guys, the blurry guys. Uh, yeah, it was another time of my life. Well, the lead singer corner, the basis, of course, who was it that ended up Brian Welch, Brian headwinds. He is the guitarist. And there it is. He's he's touring with them again. So I'm, I'm not sure. And here, get this. I heard even the basis, the guy, uh, Reggie. He's known as a. What's his what's he known as actually. It just escaped me, but the basis. Um, I guess he's a Christian who goes to a church that you would know of and interesting. And, uh, in orange county Eritrea. Interesting. Uh, anyway, long story short. Yeah, that's a prior life. And some of these guys are still attached to it in ways that they're saying that they're Christians and maybe, I mean, monkey. The guy that Brian Welch. Uh, rote not mucky as the other guy head. Uh, he wrote, he wrote a book about his conversion. I haven't read it. I'd like to, but I've never gotten around to it. Yeah. I just don't know that they're compatible though. That's the difficulty. I don't know that those, that those two things are necessarily. I mean, I can't. Yeah. I don't know that they're compatible, which by the way, on that note, I just was finishing up partners with somebody this morning. If you haven't done partners at our church, can, can we just encourage you to do partners? And you're wondering what in the world, number one may be his partners. Number two, what's the connection. Partners is our one-on-one discipleship program. Um, it's for everybody. And if you're out there going well, I've been a believer for 40 years. I don't need to do anything like this. Yes, you do. Uh, not because it's going to be profoundly new for you, but you need to do it because number one, your pastors have said, Hey, we want everybody to do this. And number two, because. It's always good. Paul said, it's always good to be reminded of these things. So even if you go through partners and you would say, man, this is good, but there's nothing new in here. Praise God that you were reminded of some significant trues, but my guess is you're going to find some things in there that are going to challenge you in ways that you've never been challenged before. So. Uh, partner's program is for you. Um, new believer. Uh, seasoned believer sign up and do partners. The second reason is, is chapter 10 is all about gray areas in the Christian. And so you were just talking about, man, are those two things compatible? And so I've gone through partners with people that have done the gray area. I mean, the common ones people think of is alcohol and. You know, Gambling smoking, things like that. Are these okay? Are they not okaying? Veining touring with your band that you used to tour with and did drugs with and things like that. That's a different, those gray areas. No, but somebody did. Um, recently women working out of the home. You know, that's an interesting one. Um, you could do schooling choices. That that would be a greater it's out there for some you could do. I mean, there's, there's plenty out there, but, um, yeah. Pronouns using somebody's personal pronouns anyways. Partners is a great resource for you all that, to say, we need to jump into the Bible. Dude. We've got to cover all the first Peter today. Why aren't you letting me go on and on like this, you started asking questions and saying things and I just kept the ball going. Oh man. So much Googling. Eight minutes. And a half minutes to Google. Let's get to first Peter first, Peter. All right. First, Peter, here we go. I'll turn this for us. This was. Please do. This was written towards the end of Peter's life, uh, likely just before or after the great fire in Rome. So Nero in Rome. He's the one who sets the fire blames. The Christians, Christian suffered greatly as a result of this. Many are forced to flee Rome, uh, as a result of the persecution that happens from there. And that's who he's writing to. He opens up those who are the elect exiles of the dispersion, the dispersion being the. The F the dispersing there's where we get the title. I know it's creative. Um, of the believers from their homes, they're have to, they have to leave Rome and flee. And so chapter one, he's encouraging them in this opening chapter and he starts with encouraging them about the anchor, which is their, their living hope that's Christ. And they've got a future that secure. And as they've left everything, keep that context in mind, they've left all of their things. Some of them. Everything they've worked hard for their savings, everything else, verse four, he says that, that we have been caused to be born again to a living hope verse four, to an inheritance that is imperishable. Undefiled unfading kept in heaven for you who by God's power are being guarded through faith for the salvation. Ready to be revealed in the last time. What a comforting thought to a group of Christians who had left everything and lost so much as, as a result of persecution, Peter saying, there's something greater than earthly wealth that waits for you. He, uh, then from here, uh, In the rest of chapter one. It says, okay. In the meantime, therefore, verse 13, Hey, what should you be doing as you wait for this great salvation as you wait for this, you should be. Pursuing godliness and holiness as he who called you verse 15 is holy. You also should be holy that's a quotation from the old Testament, from the book of Leviticus, we are to pursue holiness. That's been a common theme. I feel like recently in the daily Bible podcast, we've been talking a lot about this, that. Godliness is a natural by-product of our relationship with Jesus that there. Is no time for us as Christians to stagnate in our faith, but we need to always be growing in our faith and in moving forward. Uh, in tomorrow's episode, we're going to hit Hebrews chapter six. And that's going to talk a lot about that concept as well. But for now, Peter saying, Hey, as you're suffering and as you're going through this. Um, you need to be growing in godliness in pursuing Christ-likeness all the while. It chapter two then, is it a call to continue to grow in maturity? Uh, he says that we are to chapter two, verse two long for the pure spiritual milk, the milk of what, the milk of the word, the scriptures, that by it, we may grow up into salvation again, this idea of maturing. And then he goes on and talks about our place within the body of Christ in the corporate reality here. Um, verse nine, here we go. Pastor rod question for you. Verse nine. He says that of the church, you are a chosen race, a Royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a people for his own possession. Now there's some language that he applies to the church there that got applied to the nation of Israel in the old Testament. So it seems like our covenant brothers might say, look. Here. He's saying that the churches is now taking the place, this the church. He's the one. So how do we understand? Number one, what he's talking about here and number two. Does this. Imply that. That the church has replaced Israel. I think this is where you have to ask. Okay. And I would agree if this is the only verse we had about the nature of the church. And her relationship to Israel, you would be right in saying, yeah, that's exactly what he's saying. We are the new Israel. We have replaced Israel. This is all that we have, but obviously we don't. And so when we see texts like this, one of the principles of interpreting scripture, Is interpreting it and let of what else scripture has said about the subject. So this is one passage that you would take and say, okay, what does this suggest to us about the nature of the church? And certainly we share in the blessings, right? We are. A chosen race as well, but we're not a single race in terms of ethnos. Uh, we are multiple races, every tribe, tongue, and nation. We are God's people. We are in fact, also a Royal priesthood. We are now those who are endowed with a spiritual authority by our union with Christ. We are holy. No. We are like the nation of Israel that we reflect God's holiness. And we are of course, a people for his own possession. We are the sheep of his own pasture. So I don't think that you could take this alone. To make a decision about who God's people are, the church, is these things. Yes. But they're not these things to the exclusion and the replacements of Israel's things. I still think you have to look at the whole of scripture to make that judgment more accurately. That would be my short answer to this. We could say more, but what would you say PPG? Yeah, I would agree with you completely. And, uh, and I think it's, it's powerful here. That he puts that word, that in there that we are a people for his own possession for a purpose. And that purpose is that we would proclaim the excellencies of him who called us out of darkness into his marvelous light. That, that God saved us, that we would become his ambassadors, his missionaries. And so again, uh, the great commission courses far beyond the pages of Matthew 28, it shows up multiple times throughout the pages of scripture. Here's another example of that. Uh, chapter two continues. He talks about submission, submitting to authority, talks about those governors. Again, that, that we have to. To think. Okay. How do we submit to the ruling authorities? What does that look like? And I just want to point out to you. I think the governing, uh, command here is found in verse 17 and that is fear God. Um, And that has to undergird everything that we do when it comes to submission, whether it's as he continues their servants and masters. And you might think of more of the employer, employee relationships there, maybe you're in a difficult situation at work. Or if this is as he's going to go on in chapter three to talk about husbands, husbands and wives, or is this, or if this is political us submitting to the governing authorities in our lives, the governant command for us is found there in fearing God. We need to do everything that we do in the fear of the Lord. And so that should. Make sure that, that if we're going to decide to, uh, to disobey anyone for any reason, they got us otherwise called us to a bay. We need to make sure that we are disappearing out of a fear of God and not out of a fear of man or a fear of. Uh, discomfort or anything else that might slip in there, but perfect. Love casts out. Fear, pastor PJ. Right. The fear of God's judgment, the fear of hell, the fear of damnation, the fear of eternal separation from him. Perfect love does cast that out, but it does not cast out the fear of God's discipline. It does not cost out the fear of. Of it. The understanding that he is holy and we are not, and we need to be careful in how we conduct ourselves. And so, yeah, you're right. It does cast out fear, but it's what fear does it cast out? And that's the fear of, of judgment. And then. Chapter three, then wives and husbands. Uh, this is a profound passage here. He talks about a wives submitting again to their husbands. We've we've read about that, but here it's it's for the purpose of winning them without a word. Um, and, and this is interesting because I think recently we talked about the quote attributed to Francis of Assisi. Preach the gospel at all times. And if necessary, use words, I think here. Uh, Paul is not suggesting or Peterson that suggest suggesting rather that a husband's gonna all of a sudden get saved because his wife is submitting to his leadership. But the submission of the wife to the leadership of the husband is another example of Christ likeness. That's going to reinforce the gospel when he hears the gospel. And I think Peter is assuming he's going to hear the gospel either from her or from somebody else in their lives. And they may be one over that way. Uh, husbands, you are in view here as well. And we are called to live with our wives in an understanding way. Uh, showing honor to her as the weaker vessel. And then he goes on to say this so that your prayers may not be hindered and that's fascinating. That's that's. Uh, for your fearful to think that, uh, The way that you interact with your wife, men could, um, could hinder your prayer life if you are not loving your wife. Well, if you're not living with her in an understanding manner, Uh, for example, if, if she's someone who. It needs to have more questions answered than you do before a decision's made in error. If she's somebody that struggles with anxiety, rather than you getting exasperated with her, that's not living with her in an understanding manner. Uh, but loving her, comforting her continually reminding her the truth of God's word and shepherding her and pointing her towards Christ. And that that's what you need to be doing. And if you're not Peter saying that's going to impact your per life. That's. That's a terrifying concept. The use of weaker vessel here in verse seven, does that. Speak specifically and only to physicality. Is there anything else that might be in view here? Let me say this. I don't think it refers to the intellect. Okay. So let's take that out of, out of the realm here, but I do think it does maybe constitution in general, as far as. Typically, generally speaking, this is not true across the board, but generally speaking. Uh, women's struggle a little bit more with anxiety and fear and, um, maybe some ability to, to be decisive in some areas. And so I think in, in all of those ways that that's how God has made men to lead and made women for their role as well in their submission to their husbands. So. Uh, this is not an, an inferiority. This is a difference. And in the way that Peter describes it, weakness in the sense of, yeah, there's a little bit more strength naturally in endowed to men to be able to. Uh, control their emotions, perhaps a little bit better and to lead and to be more decisive and more level headed in certain situations. Now, again, I understand that's painting with a broad brush, but generally speaking, I think that history and mankind has borne that out to be the reality. And Peter's, you're saying. We need to understand that reality and know how to conduct ourselves in light of it. Right. I would agree with you on that. And again, the fact that she is the weaker vessel as Peter describes her means that he is responsible and the way that he cares for her, such that if he fails to re if he fails a care for the right way, God's paying attention, you want your prayers hindered, treat your wife wrongly. Yeah. Yeah. I do, but don't do that, but don't do that, but don't do that. Yeah. Cause you don't want your prayers hindered. From here, he goes on. And even through chapter four and talks about the subject of suffering and really a lot about suffering for the right reasons. And not for the wrong reasons. And, uh, and so he's going to talk about suffering for righteousness sake there at the beginning. Part of this in verse eight and following. Um, and then he says in verse 18, that that Christ suffered for once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit. Then he goes off and unexplained some things here. And there's one passage that I think is worth our time. And that is, he says there. Uh, that he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison because they formerly did not obey when God's patience waited in the days of Noah while the Ark was being prepared in which a few that is eight persons were brought safely through the water. Okay. So there's the universal flood Noah being delivered. And then he says this in verse 21, baptism, which corresponds to this, that is Noah's deliverance. Now saves you. Okay. So if, if there was a period there, then those that are in the camp that says the baptism is necessary to be saved, would have a leg to stand on. They would say, look, you have to be baptized water baptized to be saved, but. What he says next, it helps us understand and it's everything. He says, not as a removal from dirt of dirt from the body. Okay. So in other words, it's not about the water. It's not about the physical act of baptism. But as an appeal to God for a good conscience. What's the foundation of our appeal to God for a good conscience. It's our faith in Christ. So the baptism that saves you, that he's talking about here is being baptized by the spirit being placed into Christ. That takes place as we. Appeal to God for that good conscience through faith in Jesus. And so if anyone's ever pointed this and said, look, baptism is required for salvation. It's it's a different baptism that he's talking about here, at least as in my understanding of this. Amen to that. Chapter four, then we are not to be surprised at suffering. We are to continue on. He says something interesting as well. Pastor Roger, your thoughts. He says, whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin. How does suffering. Produce, uh, sinlessness in us. It's not the right way to understand this. Uh, yes, but, but no, not, not in the way that most people might be tempted to understand it. If you read it from a very superficial. If you read it superficially, you might think, oh, okay. If I'm suffering, then I'm somehow. Not perfected. And I think there's a hint of that. That's there. Uh, it's, it's the idea that when, when, uh, believers are willingly suffering for the sake of Christ, It shows that what's going on in their heart is an awareness of who they are in Christ and what Christ has called them to do. You've mentioned it a few moments ago. Every time we come back to these epistles, we keep talking about the call for holiness. Well, the call for holiness is costly. The call is costly. And if you're going to call it, fulfill that call, rightly it's going to cost you something. And by way of suffering, that's what will, what will happen? You'll have to suffer. You have to arm yourself with that way of thinking. That's what first Peter four one says, arm yourself, protect yourself, gear up for the inevitable suffering that comes with living like Christ called us to live. And if you're doing that, then you are in a way ceasing from sin. You are. Geared up with the mentality. This is, I'm not going to live this way. I'm going to live a new way. So it's not as cessation as in permanent, completely final. It's a cessation of mentality. It's a cessation of direction. I've ceased from sin. I've broken up with it, so to speak. And now I'm pursuing Christ with the attitude I'm going to suffer for this, no matter what. Yeah. Yeah. That's helpful. Helpful explanation for sure. Uh, verse six might be another verse that trips you up, but let's back up to verse five. He says of those that are causing the suffering, the unbelievers, the persecutors, they will give an account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. Now for this is why the gospel was preached, even to those who are dead. That though judged in the flesh, the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does. This has been used to suggest that somehow that after his death Christ went to preach the gospel to those that had rejected him and they were able to hear it and respond and be brought to life and resurrected. Um, that that's a problem because we have other passages you just talked about recently. We've got to be careful about not reading a verse. Uh, by itself, the great cocoa, right. Don't ever just read one Bible verse, a Bible verse, but read it in context. We have other verses. Say for it exist for me to live once and then comes death. We're going to read that in Hebrews, coming up here in the next few days. And so here, this idea of a second chance flies in the face of other passages. So what is he talking about here? Well, he's talking about this. Uh, it was preached even to those who are dead. In other words, those who are dead, they, they heard the same message, though. It may have looked different and, and not been as complete as the message to the church, Allah. Allah God preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham. Then the message of salvation through faith in God to provide the solution to the brokenness of mankind. That's been the message from the Dawn of time. So the gospel was preached to everyone, even those who are dead. That though judged in the flesh. Okay. What does that mean? That means death. The way people are That's death. Death is the judgment that befalls all of mankind. Uh, unless Christ comes back first for his church. Uh, but th that though judged in the flesh, the way people are they're dead. Okay. They might live in the spirit the way God does. Now. That sounds good until we remember that there are two resurrection bodies that are. Being prepared that are, are, are waiting. Uh, the, the reunion with the soul. Uh, the one is the glorified body. And we often think about that one as Christians and that's the body that awaits those of us listening to this. I hope. And I trust. But there's another resurrection body and that is the body of, of judgment. That's being prepared for those that have rejected Christ. And I think that's the, the resurrection in here that they might live in the spirit the way that God does. Uh, th the way that God does in the sense that without end without death and that judgment, that, that spiritual reality, that, that resurrected body that they're going to receive as a body, that they're going to suffer for all of eternity. And so this is a warning really against them, not a passage about a second chance for anybody to come to faith in Jesus. All right. Chapter five. Um, Opens up with, uh, some more instructions to pastors to elders. There is the word there in Peter calls himself, a fellow elder. He is pastor Peter here. Uh, he calls. On pastors to shepherd the flock to exercise oversight, willingly, eagerly being examples to the flock. And so he's just calling the pastors to things that we've talked about recently, the first time they chapter three and Titus chapter one, this is another good passage. As far as the requirements of being a. Uh, pastor, and then he calls everybody really to humility here as he goes on here. And, and, and awareness too, to remember that as he talks about the, the devil is our adversaries prowling around like a roaring lion. Uh, I always find that such a juxtaposition because of a lion when it prowls for its prey. Typically, it's not roaring. Because the lion in nature is going out there to surprise its prey and to, to take its prey out. I think what Peter is saying is he is here is yeah, the devil is prowling around and you can find him. He be alert, but, but he's there. He's roaring. He's not hidden. You can, if you're paying attention, you're gonna be able to know where he is. So church. Resist him stand firm in your faith and he will flee from you. So, um, yeah, just an ammunition towards the end there towards humility and preparedness. And then he wraps up the epistles, the epistle with some familiar greetings as we found in, in Paul. So also we find a Peter here. One quick note here in verse 12 of chapter five, he says by cell Venus. a faithful brother, as I regard him. Uh, if you read first Peter and second, Peter, you might be jolted by the difference in style. And in tenor and tone and all the things that kind of make up a letter. Uh, this is probably the reason why as Peter wrote his first epistle, it was by the hand of Sylvania. So Sylvain is, might've been his manual census, but he must have had it also could have had some input in the way that it was composed. And that's our best guess as to why there's such a difference between first Peter and second Peter second, Peter was likely mostly Peter, uh, in terms of the way that it came out, how he said things and why it comes across differently in style. So if you notice those things, this is probably why Peter hasn't helped him first in his first letter. And he probably did a lot more on his own in the second letter. Nothing to be afraid of nothing to be concerned about. God is super-intense both of these occasions and consequently, both are ordained of him. Yeah. Well, let's pray. And then we'll be done with this episode. God make us a church, um, alert and aware of our adversary, who is probably around like that rowing line. We don't want to be a church that's a sitting duck or, or have anybody derailed or blindsided. God give us a church with strong marriages. Wives submit to their husbands and husbands who love their wives well, and live with them in an understanding manner. God give us, uh, a church ready to suffer. We don't know what the future holds. Um, we, we pray as we we've read about recently that that we would have leaders in place that would allow us to live a quiet and, and godly life. And that the church would be able to thrive. But at the same time, if that's not the reality that we're going to face, God help us not to be caught off guard surprised at any fiery trial that comes among us as though it were something strange happening to us. But God make us. Faithful to you and God may. It never be that we as a church suffer for, for wrongdoing, but only for, for godliness as Peter calls us to in this epistle. So thank you for your word the way it informs us. And it's just as relevant today. Almost 2000 years later, as it was when it was first written. And that is such a blessing to us as we seek to follow it and pattern our lives after it. So we pray all these things in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. All right, I'll keep it in your Bibles and tune in again tomorrow for another edition of the daily Bible podcast. Bye.