Searching the Scriptures

From The Lutheran Witness Podcast

Coffee Hour episodes focused on Searching the Scriptures / LW Searching Scripture.

Episodes

"Son of David, Son of God" LW Searching Scripture, December 2025: Isaiah 9 & 11 2025-12-03
As our year of focusing on the Old Testament comes to a close, it is fitting that we conclude with texts from the Messiah’s first “biographer,” the…
“The New Heavens and New Earth” LW Searching Scripture, November 2025: Isaiah 65-66 2025-11-05
November brings us to the end of another church year, which focuses our attention on the last things, on death and resurrection, on heaven and hell.…
“Do Lutherans Do Allegory?” LW Searching Scripture, October 2025: Genesis and Galatians 2025-10-06
In 2013, a popular national TV host provoked a sharp reaction from Christian viewers when he asserted that much of the Bible is allegorical, meaning…
“Sacramental Shadows” LW Searching Scripture, September 2025: Exodus 13 & 14 2025-09-02
Anyone who has studied the Third Commandment in confirmation class has encountered Colossians 2:16–17, which answers the question, “Why don’t…
“Substitutes” LW Searching Scripture, August 2025: Genesis 17:15–21 and 22:1–18 2025-08-05
In May, we studied Exodus 12:1–14, which introduced the idea of substitution: In order to escape the destroyer, who would kill the firstborn male of…
“The Promised Spirit” LW Searching Scripture, June/July 2025: Joel 2:28–32 & Acts 2:1–22 2025-06-05
We have now come through Lent and the Easter season, including the Ascension of Jesus to His Father’s right hand, and in June we celebrate…
"Isn’t That Typical?" LW Searching Scripture, May 2025: Typological Connections Throughout Scripture 2025-05-06
“Type” has to do with forms, shapes, patterns, images. People demonstrate “typical” behavior when they act in a similar pattern time and again. In…
“The Suffering Servant” LW Searching Scripture, April 2025: Isaiah 52:13–53:12 and Psalm 22 2025-04-03
Jesus says of the Old Testament Scriptures that “they … bear witness about Me” (John 5:39). This is especially true of two central messianic…
“Covenant or Testament?” LW Searching Scripture, March 2025: Jeremiah 31:31–34 2025-03-05
On Ash Wednesday (March 5), the church enters the holy season of Lent, in which we focus on Christ’s righteousness, sufferings and death, and the…
"The Prophet Like Moses" LW Searching Scripture, February 2025: Deuteronomy 18:15–19 2025-02-04
On the Epiphany of Our Lord (January 6), we followed the Wise Men as they brought gifts (Matthew 2:11) predicted by the Old Testament (Isaiah 60:6)…
"The Blessed Seed" LW Searching Scripture, January 2025: Genesis 3:9-15 2025-01-08
The Old Testament is about Jesus, which is reason enough for us to open our Bibles and read it regularly. “And beginning with Moses and all the…
"A Worldwide Community" LW Searching Scripture, December 2024: 1 Peter 5:8-14 2024-12-05
This issue of LW focuses on the community of family. Peter reminds us that Christians have a much larger family, our “brotherhood throughout the…
The Coffee Hour— "A Humble Community" LW Searching Scripture, November 2024: 1 Peter 5:1–7 2024-11-06
This issue of LW focuses on the LCMS community, which is made up of “flock[s] of God” (1 PETER 5:2) under “the chief Shepherd” (1 Peter 5:4), who…
The Coffee Hour— "A Suffering Community" LW Searching Scripture, October 2024: 1 Peter 4:7-19 2024-10-02
This issue of the Lutheran Witness focuses on the Christian church as a confessing community. 1 Peter 4:7–19 teaches how we confess our faith…
The Coffee Hour — "A Baptized Community" LW Searching Scripture, September 2024: 1 Peter 3:18–4:6 2024-09-04
Most of Peter’s First Epistle is straightforward in meaning, but this month’s reading contains two difficult passages: 1 Peter 3:18–20 and 4:6.…
The Coffee Hour — “Community of Hope” LW Searching Scripture, August 2024: 1 Peter 3:8–17 2024-08-05
This issue of LW focuses on the church as a teaching and learning community. Peter encourages Christian education oriented toward apologetics, the…
The Coffee Hour – "A Community of the Word" LW Searching Scripture, March 2024: 1 Peter 1:22–2:3 2024-03-05
This issue of LW encourages us to be a hopeful community. In current English usage, “hope” usually expresses a wish about something yet to be…
The Coffee Hour – "A Holy Community" LW Searching Scripture, February 2024: 1 Peter 1:13–21 2024-02-06
The February issue of the Lutheran Witness explores a broken community. Peter summons Christians to gather as a holy community — consecrated by and…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching Scripture "Grace Be With You" December 2023: Philippians 4:8-23 2023-12-05
Rev. Anthony Oliphant, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching Scripture” feature in…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching Scripture "Pressing on Toward the Goal" October 2023: Philippians 3:12-16 2023-10-05
Rev. Anthony Oliphant, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL, joins Andy and guest co-host Jordan Harms to talk about the “Searching…
The Coffee Hour — LW Searching Scripture “All Is Rubbish Compared to Christ” September 2023: Philippians 3:7-11 2023-09-05
Rev. Anthony Oliphant, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching Scripture” feature in…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching Scripture "Receive Him in the Lord" June/July 2023: Philippians 2:19–3:1 2023-06-05
Rev. Anthony Oliphant, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching Scripture” feature in…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching Scripture "A Drink Offering" May 2023: Philippians 2:12-18 2023-05-03
Rev. Anthony Oliphant, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching Scripture” feature in…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching Scripture "The Example of Christ" April 2023: Philippians 2:1–11 2023-04-04
Rev. Anthony Oliphant, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching Scripture” feature in…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching Scripture "Encouragement in Christ" March 2023: Philippians 1:27-2:2 2023-03-02
Rev. Anthony Oliphant, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching Scripture” feature in…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching Scripture "Reasons to Rejoice" February 2023: Philippians 1:12-26 2023-02-09
Rev. Anthony Oliphant, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching Scripture” feature in…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching Scripture “Grace and Peace to You” January 2023: Philippians 1:1-11 2023-01-10
Rev. Anthony Oliphant, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching Scripture” feature in…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching the Scriptures, December 2022: Ephesians 6:1-24 2022-12-05
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness , joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the December…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching the Scriptures, November 2022: Ephesians 5:22-33 2022-11-15
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness , joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the November…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching the Scriptures, October 2022: Ephesians 5:1-21 2022-10-20
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness , joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the October…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching the Scriptures, September 2022: Ephesians 4:17-32 2022-09-06
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness , joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching the Scriptures, August 2022: Ephesians 4:1-16 2022-08-10
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness , joins Andy to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the August 2022 issue…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching the Scriptures, April 2022: Ephesians 2:11-22 2022-04-05
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness , joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the April…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching the Scriptures, March 2022: Ephesians 2:1-10 2022-03-11
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness , joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the March…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching the Scriptures, February 2022: Ephesians 1:15–23 2022-03-01
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness , joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the February…
The Coffee Hour – LW Searching the Scriptures, January 2022: Ephesians 1:1-14 2022-01-07
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness , joins Andy to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the January 2022 issue…
The Coffee Hour – Searching the Scriptures: December 2021 Lutheran Witness 2021-12-08
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the December…
The Coffee Hour – Searching the Scriptures: October 2021 Lutheran Witness 2021-10-08
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the October…
The Coffee Hour – Searching the Scriptures: September 2021 Lutheran Witness 2021-09-03
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the September…
The Coffee Hour – Searching the Scriptures: August 2021 Lutheran Witness 2021-08-13
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the August…
The Coffee Hour - Searching the Scriptures: June/July 2021 Lutheran Witness 2021-06-04
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the June/July…
The Coffee Hour - Searching the Scriptures: May 2021 Lutheran Witness 2021-05-07
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the May 2021…
The Coffee Hour - Searching the Scriptures: April 2021 Lutheran Witness 2021-04-09
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the April…
The Coffee Hour – Searching the Scriptures: January Lutheran Witness 2021-01-08
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor of The Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the January…
The Coffee Hour - Searching the Scriptures: December Lutheran Witness 2020-12-18
Rev. Roy Askins, Managing Editor, The Lutheran Witness, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures” feature in the December…
The Coffee Hour - Searching the Scriptures: November Lutheran Witness 2020-11-20
Rev. Matthew Wood, serving the Lord in Indonesia working with the Indonesian Christian Lutheran Church (GKLI), joins Andy and Sarah to talk about…
The Coffee Hour - Searching the Scriptures: October Lutheran Witness 2020-10-16
Rev. Matthew Wood, serving the Lord in Indonesia working with the Indonesian Christian Lutheran Church (GKLI), joins Andy and Sarah to talk about…
The Coffee Hour - Searching the Scriptures: September Lutheran Witness 2020-09-25
Rev. Matthew Wood, serving the Lord in Indonesia working with the Indonesian Christian Lutheran Church (GKLI), joins Andy and Sarah to talk about…
The Coffee Hour - Searching the Scriptures: August Lutheran Witness 2020-08-07
Rev. Weslie Odom, pastor of Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Arlington, Texas, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about the “Searching the Scriptures”…