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The Bible in Small Steps

The Bible in Small Steps

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The Bible in Small Steps is a gentle, chapter-by-chapter walk through Scripture for anyone who wants to understand the Bible without feeling rushed or overwhelmed. Each episode lingers over a single chapter or passage, taking time to explore its meaning, historical setting, and place in the wider story of God’s Word. Rather than hurrying ahead or pulling verses out of context, the show moves at a steady, thoughtful pace—inviting listeners to slow down, listen closely, and grow in understanding one small step at a time.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Cristianismo Espiritualidad Ministerio y Evangelismo
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  • 2 Timothy 2: Soldier, Athlete, Farmer — Faithful Endurance

    2 Timothy 2: Soldier, Athlete, Farmer — Faithful Endurance
    Apr 10 2026
    How do you stay faithful when things get hard — not just for a moment, but over time, when progress is invisible and the work is completely unglamorous? In 2 Timothy 2, Paul answers with three images so practical they feel almost industrial: a soldier, an athlete, a farmer. Writing from a death-row prison cell, he gives Timothy the most durable guidance he can find.Strengthened by Grace — and a Chain of TransmissionPaul opens not with 'grit it out' but with grace: be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus. The strength Timothy needs comes from Christ, not from himself. He immediately connects this to something larger: what you heard from me, entrust to faithful people who will teach others also. A chain. Paul to Timothy to faithful people to others — person to person, generation to generation, not through bloodlines but through the transmitted message.Soldier, Athlete, FarmerThe soldier doesn't get entangled in civilian pursuits — one loyalty, one aim: please the one who enlisted you. The athlete is not crowned unless he competes by the rules — effort alone isn't enough, it must be done the right way. The farmer plants, tends, and waits — no instant harvest. Together the three images say: stay focused, stay honest, stay patient. No quick wins. No shortcuts. No planting and walking away.Remember Jesus Christ — The Anchor in the MiddleIn the middle of practical instruction, Paul cuts to the core: Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, offspring of David. Not a metaphor — an actual person, an actual resurrection. Paul is writing from death row, betting everything on this being literally true. And then: I am bound in chains, but the word of God is not bound. His circumstances are restricted; the truth is not.Rightly Handling the Word of TruthDo your best to present yourself to God as a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. The Greek image is a craftsman cutting a straight line — precise, not bent, not sloppy. Don't bend the text to fit what's comfortable. Don't soften it because it might cost you listeners. Answer to God for how you handle his word. Paul then names two people (Hymenaeus and Philetus) teaching a specific heresy — that the resurrection already happened — and warns against it plainly.Flee. Pursue. Correct Gently.Flee youthful passions — run, don't analyze them. Pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace alongside others on the same path. And correct opponents with gentleness. The goal is not to win the argument — it is repentance and restoration. Hold the truth firmly. Carry it gently. Trust that God does what only God can do with what you've said faithfully.ClosingSoldiers, athletes, farmers, craftsmen, household vessels — ordinary things made to carry extraordinary truth. The endurance Paul is describing isn't built on dramatic moments or bursts of inspiration. It's built on showing up day after day, doing the unglamorous work, and trusting that faithfulness accumulates. One small step at a time.Download blank templates, schedules here:https://schmern2.notion.site/Downloads-Template-Word-and-Excel-Schedule-67439d14449d4c20bfe00efe069f78b8Logos RAMPS Workflow - RAMPS Bible Study - The Bible in Small Steps in Logos WorkflowsJill’s Linkshttps://jillfromthenorthwoods.com/https://www.youtube.com/@smallstepswithgodhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/smallstepspodhttps://twitter.com/schmernEmail the podcast at jill@startwithsmallsteps.com“Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.”Scripture quotations marked CSB have been taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible® and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.“The Scriptures quoted are from the NET Bible® http://netbible.com copyright ©1996, 2019 used with permission from Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. All rights reserved”.Bible Maps and images used with permission from https://www.bible.ca/maps/ or https://www.freebibleimages.org/illustrations/bj-ot-world/Copyright 2014 Faithlife / Logos Bible Software. Free for non-commercial use by individuals or organizations. May be presented before live audiences; may be posted on social media; may be re-distributed. May not be used commercially. May not be modified or included in published works without permission; contact permissions@faithlife.com. Attribute as: “Copyright 2014 Faithlife / Logos Bible Software ()”.By choosing to watch this video or listen to this podcast, you acknowledge that you are doing so of your own free will. The content shared here reflects ...
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  • 2 Timothy 1 - Not A Spirit of Cowardice

    2 Timothy 1 - Not A Spirit of Cowardice
    Apr 8 2026
    Paul writes 2 Timothy from the worst prison in Rome — an underground pit, chained to a wall, facing execution. His closest companions have walked away. He knows this is his last letter. And he uses it to reach across the distance to Timothy, his beloved son in faith, and say: don't shrink back. The spirit you were given is not cowardice. It is power, love, and a sound mind.The Scene: Mamertine Prison2 Timothy is categorically different from 1 Timothy. Paul is no longer under house arrest with relative freedom — he is in the Mamertine prison, a pit where food was lowered in by rope. No movement, no light, no comfort. He is chained, he knows he is not getting out, and people he trusted have abandoned him. He writes to Timothy anyway, with extraordinary warmth.Fan the FlamePaul recalls Timothy's tears, honors the faith of his grandmother Lois and mother Eunice, and then gives this image: fan the flame of the gift of God given through the laying on of hands. The Greek compound here means to stoke living coals back to full fire — a campfire image. The gift is still present. But Timothy needs to tend it, lean in, put more logs on, and stop letting it quietly dim.Not Cowardice — Power, Love, Self-ControlPaul names what he suspects is happening: a spirit of cowardice — the Greek word (deilia) refers specifically to the failure of nerve in a soldier who wants to retreat. He doesn't shame Timothy; he reminds him. What God gave you is not that. It is power (dunamis — the root of dynamite), love that moves toward others at a cost, and a sound and disciplined mind. These are already yours.Don't Be Ashamed — God's Plan Predates CreationPaul tells Timothy not to be ashamed of the testimony of the Lord, and not to be ashamed of Paul as a prisoner. In Rome, both were social liabilities. His anchor: God's saving purpose was not a reaction to human failure. It predates creation. It was always the plan, now revealed in Jesus Christ, who abolished death — the Greek means to render inoperative, to put out of business — and brought immortality to light.Those Who Left, and the One Who StayedTwo people from Asia walked away when Paul was arrested. One man — Onesiphorus — traveled to Rome, searched urgently through a city of a million people, found Paul in the worst possible prison, and refreshed him repeatedly, unashamed of his chains. Paul prays for mercy on his household in language that may suggest Onesiphorus had since died as a result of his loyalty. The contrast is stark and intentional.ClosingPaul closes with two charges: follow the pattern of sound words you heard from me (use them as a model, not a script), and guard the good deposit by the Holy Spirit who dwells in us. The same language as 1 Timothy 6. The faith handed to Timothy is not his to modify — his job is to receive it faithfully, protect it carefully, and pass it on whole.Download blank templates, schedules here:https://schmern2.notion.site/Downloads-Template-Word-and-Excel-Schedule-67439d14449d4c20bfe00efe069f78b8Logos RAMPS Workflow - RAMPS Bible Study - The Bible in Small Steps in Logos WorkflowsJill’s Linkshttps://jillfromthenorthwoods.com/https://www.youtube.com/@smallstepswithgodhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/smallstepspodhttps://twitter.com/schmernEmail the podcast at jill@startwithsmallsteps.com“Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.”Scripture quotations marked CSB have been taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible® and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.“The Scriptures quoted are from the NET Bible® http://netbible.com copyright ©1996, 2019 used with permission from Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. All rights reserved”.Bible Maps and images used with permission from https://www.bible.ca/maps/ or https://www.freebibleimages.org/illustrations/bj-ot-world/Copyright 2014 Faithlife / Logos Bible Software. Free for non-commercial use by individuals or organizations. May be presented before live audiences; may be posted on social media; may be re-distributed. May not be used commercially. May not be modified or included in published works without permission; contact permissions@faithlife.com. Attribute as: “Copyright 2014 Faithlife / Logos Bible Software ()”.By choosing to watch this video or listen to this podcast, you acknowledge that you are doing so of your own free will. The content shared here reflects personal study, faith perspective, and opinions and is intended for informational and inspirational purposes only. I am not a licensed pastor, ...
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  • 1 Timothy 6: Will Being Enough Ever Be Enough?

    1 Timothy 6: Will Being Enough Ever Be Enough?
    Apr 6 2026
    What if the biggest threat to your spiritual life isn't physical danger — it's comfort? Paul's final chapter in 1 Timothy doesn't wrap things up gently. It searches you. It asks about motives, about what you've decided you need in order to feel okay. And it leaves you with a question that doesn't stop echoing: will being enough ever be enough?Bondservants: Faithfulness Wherever You ArePaul opens with instructions to bondservants in the Roman world — a financial arrangement affecting 30-40% of the urban population, distinct from chattel slavery. His message is consistent with everything else: wherever you are, be faithful. God sees your obedience even here. And if you can get free, do it. Notably, when a believer served a fellow believer, Paul didn't say "you're equals now, slack off" — he said the opposite: serve even better.False Teachers and Faith as a PlatformSome teachers in Ephesus had weaponized godliness for financial gain — bending the gospel to build their own status, audience, or income. Paul's diagnosis is sharp: puffed up with conceit, understanding nothing, craving controversy, stirring up strife. The root: imagining that godliness is a means of gain. Paul notes pointedly that this temptation doesn't stay in the first century. Faith can become a brand.Contentment: The Countercultural GainGodliness with contentment is great gain. We brought nothing in; we take nothing out. Paul's target isn't wealth itself — it's the desire to be rich, and the quiet belief that just a little more would finally bring peace. The love of money (not money itself) is a root of all kinds of evil — and Paul uses the image of being pierced through for those who wander into its grip.Flee. Pursue. Take Hold.Paul charges Timothy as a 'man of God' — prophetic language previously used of Moses, Elijah, and David — and gives three urgent verbs: flee sin (run, don't analyze), pursue righteousness and godliness and love and steadfastness, and take hold of eternal life. The phrase 'take hold' appears twice in this chapter, bookending its central idea: grasp what is eternal, not what is temporary.Guard the DepositPaul closes with a legal term: guard the deposit entrusted to you. In the ancient world, this meant holding something for safekeeping on behalf of another — you didn't own it, you couldn't redesign it, your job was to keep it intact and hand it back whole. The faith handed to Timothy is not his to adapt or soften. He is a guardian of it, not an owner.ClosingGrace be with you. The letter started with grace, and it ends with grace. That's what everything stands on. What I'm sitting with this week: when do I notice that 'peace number' rising in my mind — the sense that if I just had a little more, I'd finally feel okay? That's the thing to flee. Not count. Not analyze. Flee.Download blank templates, schedules here:https://schmern2.notion.site/Downloads-Template-Word-and-Excel-Schedule-67439d14449d4c20bfe00efe069f78b8Logos RAMPS Workflow - RAMPS Bible Study - The Bible in Small Steps in Logos WorkflowsJill’s Linkshttps://jillfromthenorthwoods.com/https://www.youtube.com/@smallstepswithgodhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/smallstepspodhttps://twitter.com/schmernEmail the podcast at jill@startwithsmallsteps.com“Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated in whole or in part into any other language.”Scripture quotations marked CSB have been taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible® and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.“The Scriptures quoted are from the NET Bible® http://netbible.com copyright ©1996, 2019 used with permission from Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. All rights reserved”.Bible Maps and images used with permission from https://www.bible.ca/maps/ or https://www.freebibleimages.org/illustrations/bj-ot-world/Copyright 2014 Faithlife / Logos Bible Software. Free for non-commercial use by individuals or organizations. May be presented before live audiences; may be posted on social media; may be re-distributed. May not be used commercially. May not be modified or included in published works without permission; contact permissions@faithlife.com. Attribute as: “Copyright 2014 Faithlife / Logos Bible Software ()”.By choosing to watch this video or listen to this podcast, you acknowledge that you are doing so of your own free will. The content shared here reflects personal experiences and opinions and is intended for informational and inspirational purposes only. I am not a licensed healthcare provider, psychiatrist, or counselor. Any advice or suggestions offered should ...
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