The Bible2School Podcast with Meredith

183. How Does God Speak To Me?

WITH GUEST:

Join Meredith & David Schmus from Christian Educators as they answer the question, “How does God speak to me?” with the Biblical answer and a connecting moment to help you engage your children with the Word of God. 

 

David Schmus is the Executive Director of Christian Educators, which supports, connects and protects thousands of Christian educators by providing them with a Biblical alternative to politicized teachers unions and equipping them to confidently and legally live out their faith in our public schools. David leads and co-hosts the annual Rise Up Summit, an online conference that attracts about 10,000 Christian educators yearly. David and his wife Elizabeth have been married for 32 years, have 6 children, and are based in Orange County, California.

 

Resources

• Stay tuned for our Connecting Moment activity on Facebook
• Stay tuned for our Connecting Moment activity on Instagram
• Guest Information:
  • David’s testimony on YouTube
  • Christian Educators Website
  • Daily Devotionals for educators
  • Join our email list to be informed about resources, events, etc.
  • Our award-winning magazine: Teachers of Vision 
  • Rise Up Summit Info and registration
• 1 Samuel 3 - The Lord calls Samuel

 

Next Steps

• Podcast - Family Discipleship
• Podcast - Raising Kids with Unshakable Faith
• Podcast - The Power of Prayer
• Podcast - What is Bible2School?
• Start a Bible2School Program in your community

182. Does God Give Second Chances?

Join Meredith as she answers the question, “Does God give second chances?” with the Biblical answer and a connecting moment to help you engage your children with the Word of God. 

 

Resources

• Stay tuned for our Connecting Moment activity on Facebook
• Stay tuned for our Connecting Moment activity on Instagram
• Jonah & the Whale Brought to Life Resource 
• 1 John 1:9 - He will always forgive us if we ask
• Jonah 1-4 - The account of Jonah and the Big Fish

 

Next Steps

• Jonah and the Very Big Fish - Children’s book
• Podcast - Jonah & The Whale
• Podcast - The Story of Jonah w/ Kori & Shannon Popkin

Start a Bible2School Program in your community

181. How Can I Talk to God?

Join Meredith as she answers the question, “How can I talk to God?” with the Biblical answer and a connecting moment to help you engage your children with the Word of God. 

 

Resources

• Stay tuned for our Connecting Moment activity on Facebook
• Stay tuned for our Connecting Moment activity on Instagram
• P-R-A-Y Resource
• 1Thessalonians 5:16-18 - Pray always
• Matthew 6:9-13 - The Lord’s Prayer

 

Next Steps

• Podcast - Does God Really Answer My Prayers?
• Podcast - The Power of Prayer
• Podcast - Why Start with Prayer?
• Start a Bible2School Program in your community

180. Why Does God Give Us Instructions?

Join Meredith as she answers the question, “Why does God give us instructions?,” with the Biblical answer and a connecting moment to help you engage your children with the Word of God. 

 

Resources

• Stay tuned for our Connecting Moment activity on Facebook
• Stay tuned for our Connecting Moment activity on Instagram
• Exodus 20:1-17 - The 10 Commandments
• Matthew 22:34-40 - The Greatest Commandment
• Mark 12:28-34 - The Greatest Commandment
• Luke 10:25-28 - The Greatest Commandment
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Next Steps

• Bible2School Episode 63: Loving God with all your heart, soul & might
• Blog: 4 Practical Family Rhythms from Deuteronomy 6
• Bible2School Episode 179: Teaching Kids To Speak The Truth In Love
• Blog: Love Your Neighbor - 4 Ways to Help Your Kids Follow Jesus’ Commandment
• Start a Bible2School Program in your community

179. Does God Really Answer My Prayers?

Join Meredith as she answers the question, “Does God Really Answer My Prayers?,” with the Biblical answer and a connecting moment to help you engage your children with the Word of God. 

 

Resources

• Stay tuned for our Connecting Moment activity on Facebook
• Stay tuned for our Connecting Moment activity on Instagram
• Matthew 7:7 - ask, seek, knock
• Psalm 38:15 - wait, – the Lord will answer
• Hebrews 4:16 - pray confidently, ask for help
• James 5:13 - pray & praise

 

Next Steps

• Podcast - fun and engaging ideas for a prayer walk
• Podcast - ways we can help our kids be passionate about prayer
• Podcast- a practical lesson for prayer 
• Start a Bible2School Program in Your Community

178. How Can I Trust God?

Join Meredith as she answers the question, “How Can I Trust God?,” with the Biblical answer and a connecting moment to help you engage your children with the Word of God. 

 

Resources

• Stay tuned for our Connecting Moment activity on Facebook
• Stay tuned for our Connecting Moment activity on Instagram
• Genesis 12 - the call of Abraham
• Genesis 22:1-19 - Abraham and Isaac
• Hebrews 11:17-19 - Abraham’s faith
• Psalm 143:8 - morning trust
• Proverbs 3:5-6 - trust with all your heart

 

Next Steps

• What is Bible2School? - podcast episode 
• Start a Bible2School Program in Your Community

177. How Can I Make Good Choices?

Join Meredith & Shannon Popkin as they answer the question, “How can I make good choices?,” with the Biblical answer and a connecting moment to help you engage your children with the Word of God. 

 

From the platform, page, and podcast mic, SHANNON POPKIN  invites you to drink deeply of God’s story, and live like it’s true. Shannon’s books include Shaped by God’s Promises, Control Girl, Comparison Girl, and Comparison Girl for Teens.

Shannon also hosts the Live Like It’s True Bible podcast and has been featured on Revive Our Hearts, FamilyLife Today, Risen Motherhood, The Gospel Coalition, and Proverbs 31. Connect with Shannon at shannonpopkin.com, or on Instagram, Facebook, or Youtube.

 

Resources

• Stay tuned for the connecting moment activity on Facebook
• Stay tuned for the connecting moment activity on Instagram

• Shannon’s Instagram: @shannonpopkin

• Shannon’s Facebook: @shannonpopkin

• Shannon’s Podcast: Live Like It's True

• Shannon on YouTube 

• Genesis 1:28 - command to be fruitful, multiply and fill the earth
• Genesis 3 - Adam & Eve - sin enters the world
• Genesis 6 - the flood
• Genesis 9:7 - be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth
• Genesis 11:1-9 - The Tower of Babel
• Psalms 139: 23-24 - search me and know my heart
• Job 13:23 - how many are my sins, make them known to me
• Genesis 12 - I will make you into a great nation
• Romans 8:28 - God works all things together for the good of those who love him
• Pentecost - nations coming together hearing about Jesus in one language

 

Next Steps

• Kori on Shannon’s Podcast - How to Live Like It’s True that God has Control 
• Bible2School Podcast Ep #84 w/ Shannon & Kori
• Bible2School Podcast Ep #135 w/ Shannon, Kori & Lee
• Start a Bible2School Program in Your Community

176. Who Can Save Me From My Sins?

Join Meredith as she answers the question, “Who can save me from my sins?,” and stay tuned for a connecting moment to help you engage your children with the Word of God. 

 

Resources

• Stay tuned for the connecting moment activity on Facebook
• Stay tuned for the connecting moment activity on Instagram
• Episode #173 - What is Bible2School?
• John 14:6 - Jesus is the way, truth, life
• Genesis 3:21 - God made garments of skin
• Leviticus 1-5 - The sacrificial system of the OT
• John 1:29 - The lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world
• Hebrews 10:10 - Saved once and for all through Jesus
• 2 Corinthians 5:21 - Jesus became sin for us
• John 19:30 - Jesus said, “It is finished.”
• Romans 13:14 - Put on the Lord Jesus Christ
• Isaiah 1:18 - Sins shall become white like wool
• Acts 16:31 - Believe in Jesus and be saved
• Acts 4:12 - No other name by which we must be saved

 

Next Steps

• Check out our CBA cross for a Salvation Message printable
• Browse more Bible2School Resources
• Start a Bible2School Program in Your Community

175. Why Are There Bad Things in The World?

Join Meredith as she answers the question, “Why are there bad things in the world?,” and stay tuned for a connecting moment to help you engage your children with the Word of God. 

 

Resources

• Episode #173 - What is Bible2School?
• Last Week’s episode - Who Created Me and Why?
•  Deuteronomy 32:4 - all God’s ways are perfect
• Genesis 1-2 - God’s creation is good
• Genesis 2:15-17 - God provided purpose and food
• Genesis 3:1-6 - the serpent, deception, & sin
• Romans 5:12 - sin spreads to everyone
• John 3:16 - God sent his son as a solution to sin
• Romans 8:28 - God works all things together for good
• Revelation 21:4 - the solution for sin will mean no more bad things

Next Steps

• Browse more Bible2School Resources
• Start a Bible2School Program in Your Community
• Register for an upcoming webinar, God Was NOT Taken Out of Public Schools

174. How Can I Know the Bible is True?

How can I know the Bible is true? Join Meredith in answering this question with Jen Rivera, the director of Educational Programs, Speaker and Answers News co-host for Answers in Genesis.

JENNIFER HALL RIVERA is the Director of Educational Programs, speaker, and Answers News cohost for Answers in Genesis. Dr. Rivera’s experience includes over two decades of science education, employment in a crime scene unit, numerous journal publications, articles, and speaking engagements. Publications include two children’s books titled, The Work of Your Hand: Fingerprints, God, and You! and DNA, God, and You!, and the first forensic science textbook written from a biblical worldview titled, Intro to Forensic Science From a Biblical Worldview, with a corresponding lab manual.

 

Resources

• Episode #173 - What is Bible2School? 
• AIG on FB & IG & YouTube
• Connecting Moment “According to Their Own Kind” Experiment
• Genesis 1:1- God created the heavens and the earth
• Isaiah 45:12 - God created it all! 
• Colossians 1:17 - God existed before anything else
• Answers in Genesis (AIG) Website
• The bulla of king Hezekiah
• Hezekiah’s story is told in 2 Kings 16:20—20:21; 2 Chronicles 28:27—32:33; and Isaiah 36:1—39:8. 
• “James the brother of Jesus” Ossuary remains 
• More articles on Biblical Archaeological finds

 

Next Steps

• Browse more Bible2School Resources
• Podcast Episode 22: How Science Helps Kids Understand God’s Creation 
• Podcast Episode 128: The Truth About Our Worldview 
• Podcast Episode 81: Mama Bear Apologetics
• Podcast Episode 73: The Gender of Bones
• Start a Bible2School Program in Your Community