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Catholic Community Bible Study
by Todd Gale
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Episodes
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2Corinthians Episode 2
Chapter 1:18-2:17 In this exciting episode St Paul defends himself AGAIN, we’ll dive into the concepts of Anointed, Sealed, and Guaranteed. He’ll write about the GLORY of the Lord, and the New Covenant. Paul will beg the Corinthians to forgive an unnamed man, and he will make some comparisons to...
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2Corinthians Episode 1
2 Corinthians 1:1-17 The introduction to this passionate and personal letter of St Paul to the Peloponnesian Peninsula, trying to put together the puzzle and particulars of Paul’s predicament---(HA!) we’ll also spend some time looking at the theme of redemptive suffering and offering it up…
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1Corinthians Episode 19
Chapter 15:29-16:24 Paul continues his explanation of the final judgement and the resurrection from the dead. He’ll discuss what the resurrected bodies will be… and he’ll talk about the collection going to help the Church in Jerusalem. Then we will follow St. Paul’s closing of his first letter to...
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1Corinthians Episode 18
Chapter 15:6-15:28 Paul continues talking about the resurrection from the dead. We’ll dig into some of the crazy theories that non-believers have come up with to explain away what happened to his body. Also Paul’s terrific illustration of Jesus being the First Fruits of the resurrection!
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1Corinthians Episode 17
Chapters 14:35-15:11 We’ll start with a really clear image of the spiritual gifts under the authority of the Church, we’ll dig into the issue of "women not being allowed to speak in the assembly," and then little rabbit chase of the topic of male priests. Paul then begins the amazing and…
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1Corinthians Episode 16
Chapter 14 Paul's continuing his long section on the gift of tongues, which flows into the whole matter of order in the assembly. He especially singles out the women. Hmmmm…wonder what that's about? We will focus on the Spiritual Gift of Prophecy, and we will take a couple of road trips along the...
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1Corinthians Episode 15
Chapter 13:4-13 The awesome chapter on LOVE continues; we will explore the Theology of the love between God the Son and God the Father, then St Paul dives deep into the specific Gift of Tongues. He will introduce the theological virtues, and he's going to be talking about how to regulate and rein...
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1Corinthians Episode 14
Chapter 12:12-13:4 Paul's going to explain the purpose of the spiritual gifts, talk about the Body of Christ, we’ll take a brief side trip looking at our modern culture through this lens, and then St. Paul will list certain roles that use the spiritual gifts. And we will BEGIN the great song of...
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1Corinthians Episode 13
1 Corinthians Chapter 12:1-11 After a peek at the very first century Sunday Worship, St. Paul is going to explain the purpose of the spiritual gifts (the charisms) and we’ll do a fairly deep dive into each one. What are they? What is their purpose? How do they work?
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1Corinthians Episode 12
1 Corinthians 11:29-31 We will wrap up Chapter 11 with a deep dive into St. Paul's warning that the Corinthians should NOT receive the Eucharist unworthily. What is HIS context? What does the Church now teach about this? And if you are like me, you may have struggled with this a wee bit. How is...
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1Corinthians Episode 11
1 Corinthians Episode 11 11:25-29 We left off with Jesus saying THIS IS MY BODY and now THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD. We will talk about the New Covenant and New Testament, the Memorial and Anamnesis, we will dig deeper into the Real Presence of Jesus in Holy Communion, talk about the root of...
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1Corinthians Episode 10
1 Corinthians 11:17-24 For those of you who believe in the Real Presence of the Eucharist, you do not want to miss this episode! We will not get through very many verses today as we take a deep dive into Paul's words during the institution of the Lord's Supper. First we will look at the very…
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1Corinthians Episode 9
1 Corinthians 11:2-16 We’ll start off talking about the oral and written Traditions of Christianity, and a defense of the Catholic understanding of Sacred Tradition vs. the traditions of Men. Then we’ll follow Paul as he addresses what men and women are WEARING during public worship: veiling and...
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1Corinthians Episode 8
Chapter 10 We’ll follow Paul through one of the best OT Bible Studies EVER as he demonstrates for us the way Christians should read the OT, including a cool Jewish legend about the rock in the desert. Then he’ll circle back around to the issue of eating animal offerings and worshipping false…
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1Corinthians Episode 7
1 Corinthians 7:12-9:27 We’ll continue with Chapter 7 and the detailed answer Paul gives to the questions about marriage, then we’ll see St. Paul answering questions about food that has been offered to Pagan Gods, he shares his technique of denying himself of things for the benefit of the weaker...
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1Corinthians Episode 6
1 Corinthians 6:12-7:11 Paul has been talking about sins in the Corinthian community, and being very clear that Christians must not allow sin—he charges them to judge those INSIDE but not those OUTSIDE. Today we will unpack that in great detail: Are we supposed to Judge? If so HOW??? We will also...
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1Corinthians Episode 5
1 Corinthians 5:6 – 6:11 Physical description of St. Paul; Paul Continues with the topic of going to civil courts, which leads to a discussion how sin is like leaven in bread. What does he mean when he says we will judge the world and judge the angels? Then Paul gives one of his sin lists, and...
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1Corinthians Episode 4
1 CORINTHIANS Chapter 4:1-5:5 Today we will look at how we are each a temple of the Holy Spirit, there is no room for pride, being fools for Christ! We will also address “Call no man Father” and spend some time exploring the major moral crisis that needs a resolution, and Paul’s first major melt...
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1Corinthians Episode 3
1 Corinthians 2:1—3:15 Paul continues talking about the cross, then the power of the Holy Spirit, then God’s wisdom rather than human wisdom, then being immature Christians who can’t handle solid food, then he mixes some farming metaphors with building metaphors!!
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1Corinthians Episode 2
1 Corinthians 1:10-31 Division, cliques, parties, dissent in Corinth: those are the reasons Paul writes this letter. He emphasized UNITY in Christ and especially unity UNDER THE CROSS of Christ Jesus. We will look at the Sacrament of Baptism and the reality of a splintered Christianity, and a…
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1Corinthians Episode 1
1 Corinthians 1:1-9. Today we’ll introduce St Paul and some of his credentials, look at the sin city of Corinth, focus in on the words APOSTLE and CHURCH and FELLOWSHIP, as well as some basic Christology—theology to understand Jesus Christ. We will also be unapologetically CATHOLIC as we unpack…
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Judith Episode 6
JUDITH 11:1-13:20 We continue with Judith’s deception—or is it really? Holofernes throws a huge banquet, and then loses his head over this woman’s beauty! We’ll look at the morality of this story and dig a little deeper…
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Judith Episode 5
Judith Chapter 8:21-10:23 We’ll see Judith’s plan, her link to Simeon, a look at the Lost ten Tribes of Israel, Judith's amazing prayer, her surrender to Holofernes, and the set up for the final confrontation…
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Judith Episode 4
JUDITH Chapter 8:4-8:20 Now, halfway through the story, we are finally introduced to the title character! Judith, the Lady Jew. We’ll look at the importance of the tent, her maid-servant, listening to the Lord, testing the Lord, wisdom of the Lord --- This is the heart of the book with prayer and...
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Judith Episode 3
Read Judith 5:1 – 8:3 We’ll meet the fascinating character Achior, listen to HIS telling of the Jewish story, watch the tension build to the great battle, watch as Bethulia gets completely surrounded by the enemy, and then we meet the awesome Judith
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Judith Episode 2
Judith 2:4 – 4:15 Who is the author? We’ll read through the war set up for the story, we’ll look a little more into the history and genre, meet the penultimate bad guy Holofernes, find the city of Bethulia, and introduce Achior…
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JUDITH Episode 1
Judith Chapter 1:1-2:3 An introduction overview, setting the stage, an explanation of the proto and deutero-canon and apocrypha, characters and locations, debates about the genre and the historical accuracy, and I’ll explain the viewpoint I’ll take as we read through this gem of a book. If you…
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ESTHER 7
Chapters 9:11- 11:1. Look at the revenge of the Jews, we wrestle with the morality of that counter-offensive, we’ll wrap up the story, explore the date this book may have been written, and see the brilliant structure of the Book of Esther
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ESTHER 6
Esther Chapters 6:11-9:10 with Greek Additional Chapter 16 (or E) Haman’s plot starts to unravel, The 2nd Banquet with the King and Haman, the tables get turned, the edict sent out by Xerxes, and a really important look at how this era shaped Judaism for the time of Jesus
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ESTHER 5
Episode 5 Additional Greek Chapters 13:8 - 15:16 (or C: 1-through D:16) and 5:1-6:10 We’ll define and explore intercessory prayer; look at Mordecai’s prayer, Esther’s prayer, and watch as the drama builds and God guides it all to a great climactic moment!
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ESTHER 4
ESTHER EPISODE 4 Additional Chapter 13 (or B) + Chapters 3:14 – 4:-17 This time we will look at an additional Greek chapter: the King’s letter, along with the most famous words from this book in Chapter 4 as Mordecai tries to convince Esther to help their people
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ESTHER 3
Esther Chapters 2:16-3:13 We'll walk through the Persian Beauty Pageant and see how Esther fares, we’ll explore God’s providence, some typology, the connection with Haman to long time enemies of the Jews, the Jewish Feast of Purim, and dig deep into the historical hatred of the Jews…
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ESTHER 2
CHAPTER 1:10-2:15 Welcome back, friends—in this episode we will start to see God’s hidden hand moving events along, we’ll see what happens to Queen Vashti, see the Persian’s love of laws in action, and we’ll be introduced to the title character Esther…
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ESTHER 1
EPILOGUE ADDITIONAL CHAPTER A or CHAPTERS 11 & 12 And ESTHER 1:1-9 We start off with this MOST controversial Book of Esther talking about the very different versions published among Christian Bibles, we’ll look at the controversies, we’ll introduce the main characters, introduce the Jewish…
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RUTH 6
Ruth Chapter 4:11-22 We will look into the sources of some of these great Jewish insights, we’ll see why God gives the Mosaic Laws about the Land ownership, dig into some more Jewish backstories, and end with the difference between Old Covenant HESED and New Covenant AGAPE.
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RUTH 5
Ruth 3:8 – 4:10 We look at Ruth’s awesome attitude, how Boaz is a kinsman redeemer like a certain Jewish Rabbi 1000 years later, we’ll see how Ruth is a woman of worth and valor, we’ll see if the marriage proposal is sweet and innocent or a little seductive, and dig into some of the very cool...
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RUTH 4
RUTH CHAPTER 2:8-3:7 We will look at Ruth’s awesome attitude, how Boaz is a KINSMAN REDEEMER like a certain Jewish Rabbi 1000 years later, the very suggestive scene at night when Ruth presents herself to Boaz, was Naomi’s plan sweet and innocent or more than a little naughty? And we’ll continue…
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RUTH 3
Ruth 2:1-8 We will look at the massive Bible theme of suffering, dig deep into harvesting and reaping, meet Boaz the strong, look at Ruth’s REAL relationship with King David, talk about why the name Jehovah came about with some Christians, and we’ll hear a MOMMA MARY Alarm that links Ruth with…
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RUTH 2
Ruth Chapter 1:6-22, Welcome Good People from all over the lands! Book of Ruth, picking up in 1:6… We will look at the Law of Moses regarding widows and Levirate marriages, deep dive into Moabites and why the Jews were so strict against marrying Non-Jews, and we’ll introduce the earth-shaking…
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RUTH Episode 1
CHAPTER 1:1-5 In this our first episode of Ruth, we will tear into FIVE WHOLE VERSES of Chapter 1! This book is AHHHH REFRESHING! We’ll dig into some Jewish backstories, take a look at some fascinating historical perspectives on the famine, and take a little road trip through Bethlehem to the...
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DANIEL Episode 15
The final episode with Chapter 14, the two stories of Bel and The Dragon. The theme of both is essentially: my God is bigger than your god. Wrapping up the series with a few words about End Time prophecies and then we conclude this amazingly fun study! I pray it touched you!!
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DANIEL Episode 14
Chapter 13: The story of Susanna, only found in the Greek and Latin Bibles, and now in the Catholic Bible. A great story of judgement, virtue, faith, and being known by God. Also looking at the Protestant view of the Rapture: where it came from, Jonathan Nelson Darby, and where it fails as a theory.
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DANIEL Episode 13
Chapter 12 The vision of the Resurrection of the Dead from the angel. And we look at the Catholic Church teaching on the End Times, Resurrection, Second Coming, and New Heavens and New Earth. There is a LOT to take in!
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DANIEL Episode 12
Chapter 11:40 through all of 12. Much on the antichrist from Fr. Arminjon and much on the resurrection of the dead. We begin 13 insights into chapter 12.
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DANIEL Episode 11
All of Chapter 10 and 11... this is a quick RACE through many details of war and intrigue that Daniel foresees with the help of an angel. Complicated histories with the wars of the North and the South, culminating in Antiochus IV and the desolation of the Temple. Then, something odd happens... as...
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DANIEL Episode 10
Daniel 9:20-27 The Seventy Weeks of Years -- one of the most stunning prophecies in the entire Bible... we look at the words of Gabriel to Daniel through the lens of a fulfilment with Antiochus IV and the time of the Maccabees, as well as with Jesus Christ, as well as with the antichrist and end...
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DANIEL Episode 9
Episode 9 8:15-9:19 Don’t miss this episode! We start to put together a major puzzle in Biblical Christianity: how do the prophecies of Daniel line up with the words of Jesus? And how do they fit together for the end times and the second coming of Jesus? Also, a fascinating look at something we...
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DANIEL Episode 8
Daniel 8 Chapter 7:23- 8:14 The angel explains the vision of the four water beasts; we dive into history and the classic understanding of the fourth beast, ten horns, and growing little horn as being Rome. Then Daniel has ANOTHER Dream. This one a ram overtaken by a goat. The little horn of the...
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DANIEL Episode 7
Episode 7 Daniel 7:1-22 We explore the first half of Chapter 7 as we experience Daniel’s visions that relate to the Jewish people and the coming of the Messiah. We’ll talk about apocalyptic writing and dreams and parables… Why does God so often communicate with us in riddles? We’ll spend some…
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DANIEL Episode 6
Daniel Chapter 5 and 6. We cover a lot of territory in this episode! King Belshazzar--who IS the King? The writing on the wall. The prophecy of what's to come. King Darius--who IS he? Daniel and the Lion's Den. And links between Daniel and Christ Jesus.
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