Summary: <br> <a href="https://i0.wp.com/radicallychristian.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Idols-and-False-Gods.png?ssl=1"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> We are studying idols and false gods on today’s episode of the Bible Study Podcast. Our special guest today is Jordan Arnold. Jordan and his wife, Natalie, were missionaries in the Slovak Republic for 7 years. They now live in Oklahoma, where he preaches for the <a href="https://www.hookerchurchofchrist.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Hooker Church of Christ</a>.<br> <br> <br> <br> This is the second episode in a series in which Wes interviews preachers about what they have been studying and teaching lately. Jordan has been focusing on the Bible’s massive subtext: God versus the gods, the gods we inherit and forge. Wes and Jordan discuss how studying this topic has impacted him and the congregation. <br> <br> <br> <br> We hope this study is a blessing as you learn to love like Jesus.<br> <br> <br> <br> Links and Resources:<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> * Video: <a href="https://youtu.be/Ebrl8ef6JiY" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Watch This Episode on YouTube</a><br> <br> <br> <br> * Sermons: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@hookerchurchofchrist7907/streams" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Watch Jordan’s Recent Sermons</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Transcript (Credit: Beth Tabor)<br> <br> <br> <br> Studying Idolatry with Jordan Arnold<br> <br> <br> <br> WES: Welcome to the Radically Christian Bible Study Podcast. I’m your host, Wes McAdams. Here, we have one goal: Learn to love like Jesus. I want to start today by reading from Romans chapter 1, starting in verse 16, which says, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, ‘The righteous shall live by faith.’ For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.” <br> <br> <br> <br> Today on our Bible study we’re going to be talking about idolatry, false gods. I’m going to be visiting with my friend, Jordan Arnold, and talking about how he’s been studying and teaching and preaching about how God is so much better than the false gods that we forge and inherit. I hope that you enjoy this Bible study, and I hope that it helps all of us to learn to love like Jesus. <br> <br> <br> <br> WES: Jordan, welcome to the Bible Study podcast. <br> <br> <br> <br> JORDAN: Yeah, thanks for inviting me.<br> <br> <br> <br> WES: Well, thanks for being here. I’ve been listening to several of your sermons lately. We met at Red River, and I really enjoyed getting to hear you and Billy McGuiggan teach together, talk about Hosea, and just some of the great points that you brought out ther...
