The Joy of the Lord Is Your Strength
February 25, 2025
What does the Word of God do? It both convicts us and strengthens us to follow the Lord with joy.
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Past Episodes
One of the greatest problems with the natural man is that his heart is like a stone toward God. But, thankfully, Jesus is able to take out our hearts of stone and give us hearts of flesh through the Holy Spirit!
February 24, 2025
The Scriptures need to be in our hands and in our hearts continuously. If they aren’t, it doesn’t take long for us to fall off the path.
February 23, 2025
King Josiah sought the LORD from a young age. He is an example for us and for our children.
February 22, 2025
Where should we start when we want to evangelize someone? Jesus began with the knowledge of God.
February 21, 2025
There are many attributes of God which are revealed to us in the Bible. The Bible says “God is love” but it does not say “God is anger.” Anger does not come naturally to Him. It must be provoked.
February 20, 2025
Elijah's prayer brought the fire of God onto the sacrifice and not on the people. This points to the cross where God's judgment was poured out on Jesus, who became the ultimate sacrifice for us.
February 19, 2025
The claim of the Bible is that God’s Word is true. We can stand on that claim because Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
February 18, 2025
The kingdom of Heaven will not be like the earthly tabernacle where the presence of God came and went; instead it will be a place where God and men are together forever.
February 17, 2025
In the Old Testament, the tabernacle, and then later the temple, was where God met with men. But now, that “meeting place” is a Person—the Lord Jesus Christ.
February 16, 2025
The stones that built the temple in Jerusalem point to believers who are called “living stones.” And God is building His people up for an eternal inheritance.
February 15, 2025
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About Open the Bible Minute
Open the Bible is the teaching ministry of Pastor Colin Smith. Our mission is to use a broad array of modern media to help people around the world meet Jesus. We do this by opening the Bible for them, helping them open the Bible themselves, and equipping them to open the Bible with others.
About Colin Smith
Colin Smith is senior pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church, a thriving, multi-campus church located in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, and Founder and Teaching Pastor of Open the Bible.
Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, he trained at the London School of Theology where he earned the degrees of Bachelor of Theology and Master of Philosophy. Before coming to the States in 1996, Colin served as senior pastor of the Enfield Evangelical Free Church in London.
He is the author of several books including Momentum: Pursuing God’s Blessings through the Beatitudes; Heaven, How I Got Here: The Story of the Thief on the Cross; Jonah: Navigating a God-Centered Life; The One Year Unlocking the Bible Devotional; 10 Keys for Unlocking the Bible; The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life; as well as others. His preaching ministry is shared around the world through Open the Bible.
Colin and his wife Karen reside in Arlington Heights, Ill., and have two married sons and five granddaughters.
Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, he trained at the London School of Theology where he earned the degrees of Bachelor of Theology and Master of Philosophy. Before coming to the States in 1996, Colin served as senior pastor of the Enfield Evangelical Free Church in London.
He is the author of several books including Momentum: Pursuing God’s Blessings through the Beatitudes; Heaven, How I Got Here: The Story of the Thief on the Cross; Jonah: Navigating a God-Centered Life; The One Year Unlocking the Bible Devotional; 10 Keys for Unlocking the Bible; The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life; as well as others. His preaching ministry is shared around the world through Open the Bible.
Colin and his wife Karen reside in Arlington Heights, Ill., and have two married sons and five granddaughters.
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