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Welcome to a podcast by opentheword.org where we provide Bible teaching and Biblical perspective on the rapid changes taking place in our society.

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United States

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Welcome to a podcast by opentheword.org where we provide Bible teaching and Biblical perspective on the rapid changes taking place in our society.

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English


Episodes
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117 | Is it time to forgive your parents?

4/26/2024
In this podcast, I discuss the touchy issue of forgiving our parents and how it potentially impacts our perception of God. I know of instances where parents have been dead and buried for years and yet are still alive in their children’s minds because of unresolved issues.

Duration:00:17:46

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116 | Laying on of hands and Imparting the Holy Spirit

3/29/2024
In this podcast, Dean talks about laying on of Hands and the impartation of the Holy Spirit, which is called one of the foundational doctrines of the Bible in Hebrews 6:1-2.

Duration:00:17:26

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115 | What It Means to Pray Prophetically

3/8/2024
I believe God is calling believers to start praying more, and as part of this, we need to engage in prophetic prayer. In this podcast, I discuss what it means to pray prophetically.

Duration:00:14:21

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114 | A Conversation with Diane Harrison on the Gift of Prophecy

2/16/2024
Dean Smith interviews Diane Harrison on the Gift of Prophecy. Diane serves as the Prophetic coordinator for LifeLinks, an international network of churches.

Duration:00:40:45

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113 | In the Fullness of Time

1/29/2024
Using an illustration from a Christmas journey many years back, Wayne Johnston explains what it means when the Apostle Paul writes that Jesus came in the 'fullness of time.'

Duration:00:09:10

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112 | The world’s greatest earthquake

1/12/2024
In this podcast, I discuss the world’s greatest earthquake. This one, of course, hasn’t happened yet. It is one that the Apostle John saw occurring during the apocalyptic events leading up to Christ’s second coming recorded in the Book of Revelation.

Duration:00:15:13

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111 | A Word for 2024 by Wayne Johnston

12/29/2023
Wayne Johnston shares a word for 2024. As the darkness covers the earth, like the wise men, we need to focus on the light.

Duration:00:03:20

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110 | The Magi: When God plundered hell

12/15/2023
When it comes to the Christmas story, many have wondered who exactly were the Magi, that came to Bethlehem looking for the newborn king of the Jews?

Duration:00:11:46

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109 | The fathers of atheism: How our upbringing can impact our religious beliefs

11/24/2023
In this podcast, I discuss Paul Vitz's theory that a person's atheistic beliefs can sometimes stem from a broken relationship with a person's earthly father.

Duration:00:16:28

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108 | Comparing actress Goldie Hawn’s encounter with an extraterrestrial with Daniel’s encounter with an angel

10/31/2023
In this podcast, we compare famed Hollywood actress Goldie Hawn's alleged encounter with an extraterrestrial with the prophet Daniel's encounter with an angel, because there seems to be some similarities.

Duration:00:13:55

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107 | The Sinking of a Good Luck Charm

10/20/2023
In this podcast, I want to discuss the tendency many of us have to treat God as little more than a good luck charm. It showed up in two battles separated by nearly 3,100 years when two armies tried to use a God-good luck charm and it failed miserably.

Duration:00:09:39

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106 | The End Times: The Day God touches the sun

9/29/2023
In the Book of Revelation, the Apostle John’s vision of the calamitous events that will be occurring in the end times, we read of the strange thing that will be happening on Earth when God touches the sun.

Duration:00:12:05

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105 | Divine Providence: God does not abandon us because of our mistakes

9/15/2023
In this podcast, I discuss the concept of Divine Providence which holds that God is actively working in our lives and situations, even though we may not be fully aware of it.

Duration:00:12:24

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104 | The Bible and UFOs: Part II — If they are not real, what in the world is going on with all these sightings?

8/15/2023
If UFOs are not alien in origin, how do we explain the numerous sightings of UFOs, some of which seem quite credible? Could there be a spiritual explanation.

Duration:00:15:17

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103 | The Bible and UFOs: Part I – What if they are real?

8/14/2023
In this first of a two-part series, I want to address the growing controversy today — UFOs. Almost daily, we see news stories about the latest person who claims to have encountered an unidentified flying object and in a few instances actual aliens.

Duration:00:15:17

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102 | Is there a Bodiam Stronghold in your mind?

7/18/2023
In this podcast, I ask, have you built a Bodiam stronghold in your mind? Bodiam Castle, located in South East England in the county of Kent, is one of Britain’s more popular castles because of its massive size and very photogenic moat.

Duration:00:10:44

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101 | My Official Nominee for the Pharaoh of the Exodus

6/23/2023
In this podcast, I discuss my official nominee for the Pharaoh that Moses had the 10 plague showdown with when he led the Hebrews out of Egypt to the Promised Land.

Duration:00:12:27

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100 | Will the Spirit of Jezebel rear its head in the end times?

5/25/2023
There is a theory circulating among those who study end-times theology, that as we near Christ’s second return we are going to see a revival of the ancient gods who once plagued Israel. Does this include the spirit of Jezebel?

Duration:00:18:57

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99 | The Test

4/11/2023
In this podcast, Wayne Johnston talks about the BIG Test. Anyone who has ever had to do a final exam in high school, college, university or tech school, knows how much fun they can be.

Duration:00:08:36

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98 | Three-month-old baby miraculously healed through prayer of faith

2/17/2023
In this podcast, I share the remarkable healing of a three-month-old baby girl in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Duration:00:06:08