Welcome to the Cross References podcast on the Book of Ezekiel. In this study, you learn how every small piece of the Bible tells one big story- and most importantly, how they all connect to the cross and Christ. Whether you’re a newbie Christian or a veteran Bible reader, my goal is that God’s Word will make more sense to you after every episode. Host: Luke Taylor
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Studies in the Prophet Ezekiel: Grace through Truth to the Glory of God. This is a 15 part series on the book of Ezekiel. This podcast is from a series of sermons preached at Cornerstone an Evangelical Free Church in Annandale, Virginia.
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Today, I am sharing an episode from my other podcast, Weird Stuff in the Bible. Each week, I dive into a different weird topic regarding bizarre things in scripture. Hear more by subscribing to this podcast as well! Most Christians are regularly outwitted by Satan, and most Christians have no idea about his schemes- his devices- his designs. We lik…
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The Aftermath of Gog and Magog: The Ezekiel series, part 76 (39:9-29)
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It’s not over until God says it’s over. And last week, we covered what happens in the battle of Gog and Magog in Ezekiel 38 and 39, when a coalition of nations band together to attack Israel in the last days. But of all the battles described in the Bible, this is the only one that goes into any detail about the aftermath. Ezekiel 39:9-29 is like th…
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The Battle of Gog and Magog: The Ezekiel series, part 75 (38:17-39:8)
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In 1948, Israel was attacked by a coalition of five nations. The Israelis were outnumbered 2 to 1, outgunned 3 to 1, outclassed in every way, and yet they were victorious against their enemies. In 1967, Israel was attacked again by another coalition of nations. They again were outnumbered 3 to 1, outgunned 4 to 1, outclassed in every way, and yet t…
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Why Gog Invades Israel: The Ezekiel series, part 74 (38:12-16)
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You might think that there’s been a lot of things going on the world this past week, and this month, and this year- but that’s nothing in comparison to what’s coming in the future. The Bible has a lot to say about the future. In fact, if you added up all the things the Bible says about future things that haven’t even happened yet, there would be mo…
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The Timing of Gog and Magog: The Ezekiel series, part 73 (38:7-11)
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Many Bible prophecy teachers have incorrectly said something about Gog and Magog’s battle in Ezekiel 38, and I might be one of them. We have incorrectly said that Gog and Magog could happen at any moment. Upon some careful study of the words here, I no longer think it could happen at literally any moment. I believe there are a few things that need …
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The Nations of Gog’s Alliance: The Ezekiel series, part 72 (38:5-6)
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The Bible has a lot of strange locations thrown at us in Ezekiel 38 and 39. Persia, Cush, Put, Gomer, Meshech, Tubal, Beth-Togarmah, Mos Eisley, Alderaan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’d need a time machine to know where all these places are. In fact, you’d need a space ship, too, because some of them only exist in a galaxy far, far away. Since we don’t have…
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Who is Gog?: The Ezekiel series, part 71 (38:1-4)
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We’re finally here, the most famous section of Ezekiel: chapters 38 and 39. The battle of Gog and Magog. This chapter is about an alliance of nations that band together to attack Israel in the end times. The list of nations includes names like Cush, Put, Togarmah and more, and they’re led by a figure named Gog. I don’t know about you, but these sou…
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SPECIAL: Back to 'The Day Satan Called' - with Bill Scott
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It was the week before Halloween in the fall of 1988 when Bill Scott picked up the phone at his job at a Christian radio station and his life was never the same. What follows is a story of demonic possession, deliverance, and a long list of what to do and what NOT to do when standing up to the powers of darkness. I’ve been doing a series on the abi…
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The Myths of Replacement Theology and the 10 Lost Tribes: The Ezekiel series, part 70 (37:15-28)
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I’m going to give you a great Bible Study tip, because some people have a really hard time figuring out what the Bible is saying. So here’s a little tip that always helps me: when the Bible tells you what it’s saying, then you don’t have to try to figure out what it’s saying. You can just go with what the Bible tells you it’s saying. Sound good? Gr…
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What ‘The Valley of the Dry Bones’ Really Means: The Ezekiel series, part 69 (37:1-14)
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There are two chapters of the book of Ezekiel that I feel are most abused when it comes to interpretation. Two chapters that people seem to just want to allegorize and make them mean whatever they want. And one of those chapters is right here. Ezekiel 37. Many Christians try to make this chapter about a future resurrection. That may be the most pop…
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What is Dispensationalism- and why does it make everyone so angry? (with Craig of GotQuestions.org)
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I can't figure out why I keep making everybody mad at me, so I brought in an expert to explain it. Craig of Awaiting Christ ministry and podcast joins me today to explain dispensationalism and how it relates to the modern state of Israel and rapture theology- both hot button issues in today's political and church climate. Craig is a seminary studen…
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The Abrahamic Covenant vs The Mosaic Covenant: The Ezekiel series, part 68 (36:28-38)
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There’s a strange contradiction in God’s promises to the Jewish people. In Genesis 12, God makes a covenant with Abraham to give him the land of Israel. In Genesis 17:7, God told Abraham that His covenant with him and his descendants would be an everlasting covenant. But then in Leviticus 26, God warns that if the Jewish people break His commandmen…
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How to Advance in Your Calling without Getting Stuck - Interview with Chris Pace about Level Up
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Trying to figure out the next step in your life's journey? Today, I chat with Chris Pace about his new book Level Up. As I tell the story in this episode, I actually met Chris recently while on vacation, and he gave me a copy of his book. This interview will share several insights with you about discovering God's will. Here is a link where you can …
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BONUS EPISODE: Who Hardened Pharaoh's Heart?
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Today, I am sharing an episode from my other podcast, Weird Stuff in the Bible. Each week, I dive into a different weird topic regarding bizarre things in scripture. Hear more by subscribing to this podcast as well! And tune back in on Cross References next week to hear an interview with Chris Pace of Messenger International about his new book, Lev…
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A New Spirit: The Ezekiel series, part 67 (36:27)
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Last week I talked about how I did my parental duty and instilled the love of star wars into my child. Now let me talk about one of the stupidest things in star wars. And it comes from the same place that all of the stupidest things in star wars come from: the new Disney movies. This one is flies right into the face of common sense. It comes from t…
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A New Heart: The Ezekiel series, part 66 (36:24-26)
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Poor Nicodemus. That guy really gets a bad rap. Nicodemus was the Pharisee who famously came to Jesus by night, because he was afraid if he approached Jesus during the day that people might see, and people might talk. He was a wise man, a religious man, a scholar. And it’s a good thing that he comes to Jesus in the middle of the night like this bec…
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Don’t Misrepresent God: The Ezekiel series, part 65 (36:16-23)
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A lot of people misunderstand the third commandment. The third commandment says, “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.” Most Christians think that means you shouldn’t say OMG. Now, you probably shouldn’t say OMG, but that’s just one part of what it means to break the third commandment. The third commandment means to misrepresen…
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Prophecy Literally Fulfilled: The Ezekiel series, part 64 (36:1-15)
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Is prophecy meant to be taken literally, or is it all symbolic? And if it’s both, then how can you know the difference? That’s the question we’re going to answer today. Because we Christians find a lot to argue about on the subject of prophecy. How can we know if the Israel of today is the fulfillment of prophecies in Old Testament Scripture? How c…
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Esau, Edomites and the Palestinians: The Ezekiel series, part 63 (35:1-15)
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We’re coming up on three years since I started this podcast, and when I started it, I didn’t know that by the time we got done, Israel would be attacked in the largest one-day massacre of Jewish people since WWII. I didn’t know Israel would be engulfed in a literal war with the Palestinian terrorists who have been seeking to overthrow it for decade…
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The Best is Yet to Come: The Ezekiel series, part 62 (34:11-31)
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Ezekiel has not been the easiest book of the Bible to study. Up until today’s lesson, most of it has been dark, depressing, gloomy and full of judgment and wrath. But regardless of the past, I have some news about the future: the best is yet to come. Because the book is making a major turning point in this section we’re in. So far, we’ve just encou…
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Good and Bad Pastors: The Ezekiel series, part 61 (34:1-10)
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A pastor must be a good public speaker, able to draw large crowds with his authority and charisma. A pastor must be like a CEO, an expert in management and leadership. A pastor must be a skilled fundraiser, and know how to execute a building program. A pastor must be on-call 24/7, even on holidays and vacations. A pastor must be an expert psycholog…
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Hit Mute and Know God: The Ezekiel series, part 60 (33:21-33)
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I have heard all my life about declaring God’s promises. The idea was that certain things in scripture became true in reality as long as you declared them to be so. Sounds a little bit magical. But is it biblical? We’re going to talk about that today. We’ll also wrap up Ezekiel 33, and for the first time in 30 chapters, Ezekiel is going to be allow…
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What “Faith without Works is Dead” Actually Means
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Entire books have been written about the thorny theological issue I want to talk about today. James chapter 2. At face value, James 2 seems hard to reconcile with the rest of the New Testament. That’s because the rest of the New Testament pretty clearly teaches this doctrine of salvation by grace through faith not of works. That’s a direct quote, a…
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The Sometimes-Confusing Relationship Between Faith and Works: The Ezekiel series, part 59 (33:10-20)
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So we’re in this chapter called Ezekiel’s Greatest Hits. That’s my name for it. Ezekiel 33 recaps some of Ezekiel’s earlier lessons; in fact, some of my favorite lessons from earlier in the book. And today we’ll be looking at verses 10 through 20, which recap my favorite chapter of Ezekiel: chapter 18. This is the chapter on personal responsibility…
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A Major Announcement about the Future of this Podcast
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I am looking at changing this podcast's name to "The Book of Ezekiel: A Cross References Bible Study." I hope you will agree that I have a good reason to make this change.Por Luke Taylor
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Ezekiel’s Greatest Hits: The Ezekiel series, part 58 (33:1-9)
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You are probably going to regret listening to today’s episode. I’m just gonna put that out there now. Why do I say that? Do you ever learn something and you just kind of wish you didn’t know? Like, I wish I didn’t know about germs. Sometimes I just really wish I didn’t know that there are these tiny little microscopic bacteria all over virtually ev…
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Today, I'm just asking for prayer for the family of a friend of mine. Though my heart is heavy right now, I hope you all have a Happy Memorial Day :)Por Luke Taylor
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How Ezekiel Changed My View of God: A Conversation with Nate Vainio (Part 3)
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A conversation with Nate Vainio, host of the Something to Gnaw On podcast. He has graciously allowed me to share this interview with my listeners over here for the month of May, and this is part 3 of 3. The Cross References Podcast with Luke Taylor: Episode 122 (And Part 57 of my Ezekiel series) If you want to get in touch with me, send an email to…
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Who Was Ezekiel?: A Conversation with Nate Vainio (Part 2)
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A conversation with Nate Vainio, host of the Something to Gnaw On podcast. He has graciously allowed me to share this interview with my listeners over here for the month of May, and this is part 2 of 3. The Cross References Podcast with Luke Taylor: Episode 121 (And Part 56 of my Ezekiel series) If you want to get in touch with me, send an email to…
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Why Study Ezekiel?: A Conversation with Nate Vainio (Part 1)
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A conversation with Nate Vainio, host of the Something to Gnaw On podcast. He has graciously allowed me to share this interview with my listeners over here for the month of May, and this is part 1 of 3. The Cross References Podcast with Luke Taylor: Episode 120 (And Part 55 of my Ezekiel series) If you want to get in touch with me, send an email to…
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Adolph Hitler hoped and prayed that he was this antichrist that the Bible spoke of. Hitler may have been a deranged maniac; he did at least know a thing or two about what the Bible said. And as he went through Europe swallowing up nation after nation, he was convinced more and more that he would be this man. (it’s strange; he wanted to fulfill the …
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Pharaoh Takes a Tour of Hell: The Ezekiel series, part 54 (32:17-32)
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Death is not the end. A couple episodes ago, I took a little detour into Jude and analyzed this phrase “twice dead.” It was kind of a side-quest because I primarily use this podcast to dive into the book of Ezekiel. In that lesson, we focused on how the Second Death talked about in Revelation is not teaching the doctrine of annihilationism, or the …
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God Slays the Chaos Dragon: The Ezekiel series, part 53 (32:1-16)
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We live in a world of absolute chaos. Where does it all come from? Well, you’ll find out today. Today’s episode will start into chapter 32 of Ezekiel, which will be God’s final word on Egypt and the Gentile Nations. Egypt is truly one of the most fascinating nations in the Bible; it plays a huge role in the creation of Israel as a nation, in some o…
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0:00 - Introduction 2:00 - The Poetic Language of Jude 12-13 3:40 - Blemishes at your love feasts 6:40 - Clouds without rain 8:00 - Autumn trees without fruit 9:55 - Foaming up their shame 12:50 - Wandering Stars 14:30 - Twice Dead 22:45 - A Second Death? 27:30 - Survivors Gather Here Monday 29:00 - Connections to Believers and the Cross…
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The Cosmic Tree: The Ezekiel series, part 52 (31:1-18)
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Lessons from Loki and Ezekiel 31. No one is too big to fall. Captain America: “There’s only one God, ma’am. And I’m pretty sure He doesn’t dress like that.” The Cross References Podcast with Luke Taylor: Episode 115 0:00 - Lessons from Loki 5:15 - The Tree Motif in Scripture 7:45 - v1-9, My Life as a Tree 14:30 - v10-18, The Judgment of the Pharaon…
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The gods of Egypt: Did God love the Egyptians?
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One time I was studying through the book of Exodus and I had this thought: Did God love the Egyptians? It’s a question you’ve probably never really thought much about before. So, in Exodus, this is the story of the Egyptians who enslaved the Israelites and wouldn’t let them go. They were forced to work all day under grueling conditions in the deser…
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The Prophecy Against Egypt: The Ezekiel series, part 51 (30:1-26)
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On this podcast the past several months, we have studied the prophecies against Ammon, Moab, Philistia and Edom; we studied the prophecy against Tyre in great detail, and then the prophecy against Sidon; today we are continuing through the prophecy against Egypt. This series of prophecies against ancient Egypt at the time of Ezekiel takes up chapte…
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All Other Ground is Sinking Sand: The Ezekiel series, part 50 (29:1-21)
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What can you turn to when even the most powerful nation in the world is falling apart? 2024 is shaping up to be a chaotic year. Elections, Civil War, high profile political prosecutions, war in Europe, war in the Middle East- and another Chinese Spy Balloon. And who knows what else is on the horizon? Well, someone knows, and that’s what we’ll talk …
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Can You Handle God’s Holiness: The Ezekiel series, part 49 (28:20-26)
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What’s one word you would use to describe Jesus? I’ll tell you mine today. And you can tell me yours, or be thinking on it, if you want. A second question: what might happen if you came face-to-face with Jesus? We see in the Gospels story after story of people meeting Jesus. Some get mad. Some fall to their knees. Some adore him. Some nailed Him to…
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The Year of the Dragon: Satan’s Fate in Revelation
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The Cross References Podcast with Luke Taylor: Episode 110 You may or may not be familiar with the Chinese Zodiac, which assigns one of 12 creatures to each year. Some years are the year of the horse, or the year of the rat, or the year of the snake. We’re about to start the Year of the Dragon- THIS WEEK- February 10, 2024, and it will last until J…
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In II Corinthians 2:11, Paul says that we are NOT ignorant of Satan’s devices. Now “devices” is an interesting word. In the Greek, it’s the word “noema,” and it doesn’t have a direct English equivalent. It means “a mental perception,” “an evil purpose” or “that which thinks.” It’s talking about how Satan can twist the mind. Satan has his ways of wa…
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The Details in the Devil: A Description of Satan: The Ezekiel series, part 48 (28:11-19)
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The Cross References Podcast with Luke Taylor: Episode 108 He’s the angel of light and the prince of darkness. And no, I’m not talking about Michael Jackson. I’m talking about the devil. A recent Barna research poll revealed that only 35% of Christians believe the devil is an actual spiritual being. That means at least 65% of Christians are deceive…
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Does Ezekiel 28 Speak of the Devil?: The Ezekiel series, part 47
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The Cross References Podcast with Luke Taylor: Episode 107 In this episode, you’ll receive incontrovertible proof that Ezekiel 28 is a chapter about no mere human ruler but the devil himself. 0:00 - Introduction 2:45 - Ezekiel 28- Speak of the Devil 8:55 - Nachash- The Shining Serpent 15:55 - Great Balls of Fire 19:50 - Notes and Closing Thoughts U…
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The Devil is Wise: The Ezekiel series, part 46 (28:1-10)
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The Cross References Podcast with Luke Taylor: Episode 106 AND Weird Stuff in the Bible: Episode 10 The Bible is clear about the importance of seeking wisdom. But will growing in wisdom actually get you any closer to heaven? We’ll talk about that in this special crossover episode. Explore the mysterious prophecy in Ezekiel 28:1-10 that was given on…
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What Should Christians Be Ready for in 2024? (with Gary Culp)
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The Cross References Podcast with Luke Taylor: Episode 105 Pastor Gary Culp of the Exceedingly Abundant Ministries podcast joins me for a reflection on what happened in Bible prophecy in 2023 and what might be on the horizon as we enter this new year. Thanks to everyone who listened to this podcast this year, it was a pleasure to have you join! 202…
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Why Land in the Middle East is So Important: The Ezekiel series, part 45 (27:1-36)
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The Cross References Podcast with Luke Taylor: Episode 104 The Strategic Significance of the Middle East in History and Prophecy In this episode, we explore the historical and geographical significance of the Middle East through the lens of Ezekiel 27. Delving into the fallen city of Tyre and the bustling trade routes of ancient times, Taylor unrav…
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The Prophecy Against Greedy Tyre: The Ezekiel series, part 44 (26:1-21)
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The Cross References Podcast with Luke Taylor: Episode 103 Get into your Bible today in Ezekiel 26. A chapter you’ve probably never heard a sermon or Bible study on before. But you will today, and you might just learn something new. 0:00 - Lego Batman is Not Enough 4:55 - v1-6, The Judgement Against Tyre 9:20 - v7-11, The Siege Against the City 15:…
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How to be Thankful Even When You Don’t Feel Like It
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The Cross References Podcast with Luke Taylor: Episode 102 I get it, life is hard right now. Prices are going up at the store, bills are going up, Disney+ is going up, we’re living paycheck to paycheck and by God’s grace, and it never feels like we have enough. But do we have enough? Let’s figure that out today with a story about King David from II…
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Prophecies Against the Muslim Nations: The Ezekiel Series, part 43 (25:1-17)
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The Cross References Podcast with Luke Taylor: Episode 101 Talk about God’s timing. I started into my Ezekiel series two years ago. If I had started working on this lesson a month ago, I would have had a totally different take on it. But with everything going on in the Middle East lately, I see this chapter in a whole new light. So today, I’m going…
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Weird Stuff in the Bible (NEW PODCAST)
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The Cross References Podcast with Luke Taylor: Episode 100 AND Weird Stuff in the Bible: Episode 1 The Bible is weird right? Can’t we all agree that the Bible has got some strange things going on? Judging angels? Talking donkeys? Six-fingered Giants? Are you ever just reading along and then you come across something that seems totally out of left f…
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