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Is the Bible Still Relevant Today? (2 Timothy 3:16)

Is the Bible outdated, or are we asking the wrong question? People who walk away from Scripture usually decide it cannot speak to life in 2026. This episode opens 2 Timothy 3:16-17 and Psalm 19:9 to show that relevance is a question about the Author, not the text. If God breathed out this book, He was not caught off guard by your anxiety, your loneliness, or the year you were born. The Word still does its work because the One it points to is still alive. Scripture: Psalm 19:9 and 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV).

Why Did Esther Listen to Mordecai? 5 Things He Did That Changed Everything (Esther 2)

Why did Esther still obey Mordecai even after she became queen of Persia? What kind of influence survives a crown? In this episode, we trace five things Mordecai did in Esther 2 and 4 that changed the trajectory of Esther's life, from adopting an orphan cousin to challenging a queen to risk her life for her people. This is what faithful influence looks like when it's built over years, not moments. Esther 2:7, 10, 11, 20; Esther 4:13-14 (CSB).

We're in This Together, Under Christ | Marriage and Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Your marriage wasn't meant to feel like two people living in the same house, carrying everything alone. So why does it? In this episode, we look at what marriage was designed for, why it breaks down, and where the real strength comes from. Bitterness, scorekeeping, and withheld grace will turn your spouse into your opponent. But a marriage where Christ is shaping both people is a marriage that holds. We are in this together, yes. But only under Christ will we have the strength to stand.

God Didn't Stop the Knife | The Binding of Isaac | Genesis 22

God spent 25 years keeping a promise to Abraham. Then he told him to destroy it. In Genesis 22, Abraham is commanded to take Isaac — his only son, the one the entire covenant runs through — up a mountain and offer him as a burnt offering. Same God. Both commands. No explanation. This episode walks through the Akedah verse by verse — the three-day journey, Isaac carrying the wood, the knife, the ram in the thicket, and the name Abraham gives that mountain. But the story doesn't end in Genesis 22. There's another Father in this story. One who didn't stop the knife. And once you see the connection between Mount Moriah and Calvary, you won't read this chapter the same way again.

Abraham Had to Choose | Genesis 21

Two sons. One promise. And God told him to let one go. In this episode we walk through one of the most painful chapters in Abraham's life — the casting out of Hagar and Ishmael, the narrowing of the covenant to Isaac alone, and what it means that God was with Ishmael in providence but not in covenant. Abraham loved both sons. But God's sovereign plan required an impossible choice. And the ripple effects are still felt today. And ultimately — how all of it points to Jesus, the Son of Promise who was not spared so that we could be. Scripture: Genesis 21 | Galatians 4:29 Part of the ongoing Word Walk series through the life of Abraham. New episodes every week. 📩 info@thewordwalk.com | @thewordwalk