Day by Day from Lifeword
by Clif Johnson, FamilyLife, John David Smith, Lori Cline, Donny Parrish, Holly Meriweather, Jon Dodson, Rick Russell, Luis Ortega
A Bible devotional and Biblical teaching from Lifeword
Episodes
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Consecration: Placing Every Part of Life at God’s Disposal
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif shares the practical implications of being free from sin, emphasizing the daily choice to offer one's mind, body, and actions to God as instruments of righteousness through the power of Christ within us. “Interested in becoming a...
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Bridging the Gap Between Knowing and Living God's Truth
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Cr. Clif shares how faith involves living according to the reality God has established, not just acknowledging it, and calls believers to act on the truth of their identity in Christ as described in Romans 6:11. “Interested in becoming a...
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The Assurance of Christ’s Full Payment
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif focuses on the resurrection of Jesus as proof that sin’s debt is fully paid, encouraging believers to rest in this assurance rather than live in lingering guilt. “Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?” Go to...
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Living Free from Sin: Embracing New Life in Christ
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif shares a key theme that emerged was the shift from being controlled by sin to living in the freedom and obedience made possible through Christ's resurrection. “Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?” Go to...
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The Gospel-Centered Message of 1 and 2 Corinthians
On this episode of Day by Day, Reading Through the Bible, Dr. Clif addresses the troubles of the Corinthian church by emphasizing how the cross of Christ should reshape every aspect of Christian identity, unity, and ministry. “Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?” Go to...
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Honoring God with Our Bodies
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif focuses on how physical bodies, though affected by sin, are valued by God and should be used intentionally as instruments of worship, purity, and service. “Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?” Go to...
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Understanding Identity in Christ Before Action
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif shares how Christian obedience should stem from a believer’s identity in Christ rather than an effort to earn worth, highlighting that actions must be rooted in the truth of what God has already accomplished. “Interested in...
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A Desperate Hunger for the Knowledge of God
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif explains how knowing God deeply requires a passionate pursuit of truth that transforms our lives, not just superficial understanding or occasional inspiration. “Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?” Go to...
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The Great Reversal: Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif shares key theme that emerged was the transformation that occurs when a person is united with Christ, shifting from slavery to sin to new life and freedom in God's kingdom. “Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?”…
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The Unstoppable Expansion of the Gospel in Acts
On this episode of Day by Day, Reading Through the Bible, Dr. Clif shares how the book of Acts documents the historical and theological movement of the early church as the risen Christ, through the Holy Spirit, empowers believers to bear witness and advance the gospel from Jerusalem to the ends…
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The Meaning and Importance of Christian Baptism
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif explains how Christian baptism symbolizes the believer’s union with Christ in death and resurrection, serving as a public declaration of faith and calling for a new way of life. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of...
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Freedom Changes Everything
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr, Clif explores how true knowledge of spiritual freedom in Christ transforms the way believers live, emphasizing that freedom must be acknowledged and acted upon to genuinely shape one's life. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower…
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Freedom from Sin’s Dominion Through Christ
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif focuses on how believers, having been set free from the power of sin through Christ, are called to resist temptation, live in obedience, and pray for others as part of their new life under Christ’s rule. "Interested in becoming a...
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Crucified With Christ: Breaking Sin’s Authority
On this episode of Day be Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif shares one key theme that emerged was the transformation believers experience, moving from slavery to sin to true freedom through Christ’s crucifixion, as described in Romans 6. Interested in becoming a devoted follower of…
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Understanding the Four Gospels: The Identity and Mission of Jesus
On this episode of Day by Day, Reading Through the Bible, Dr. Clif focuses on how the four Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—present complementary witnesses to the life, teachings, and saving work of Jesus Christ, urging readers to see Him as the fulfillment of Old Testament promises....
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From Adam to Christ: Embracing a New Identity
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif explores how salvation is not just rescue from judgment but entrance into a new life and identity in Christ, moving believers from the old humanity of Adam into the spiritual blessings of union with Jesus. "Interested in becoming…
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The Joy and Sufficiency of Union with Christ
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif points out how every spiritual blessing a believer needs is found in Jesus Christ, emphasizing the importance of seeking identity, peace, and joy in Him rather than elsewhere. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of…
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The Unchanging Reality of Life in Christ
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif shares how spiritual realities described in Romans 6 are more reliable than fleeting feelings, emphasizing that a believer’s identity and salvation rest on Christ’s finished work rather than personal emotions or performance....
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Salvation: More Than Just Rescue
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif focuses on how salvation is not only deliverance from judgment, but also a call to a transformed life that glorifies God. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?" Go to follow.lifeword.org
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Malachi: Confronting Spiritual Apathy and Awaiting God's Messenger
On this episode of Day by Day, Reading Through the Bible, Dr. Clif shares Malachi’s challenge to a spiritually apathetic post-exilic community while highlighting God’s unwavering covenant faithfulness and the anticipation of a coming messenger who will purify His people. "Interested in becoming a...
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The Central Message of the Church: Christ Alone
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif's discussion explores the church’s vital responsibility to not only serve and love others but to clearly proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ as the only way to reconciliation with God. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower…
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Resting in Christ’s Unchanging Righteousness
On this episode of Day by Day. Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif explains how believers are accepted by God not because of their own performance, but because of Christ’s perfect and unalterable righteousness credited to them. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?" Go to...
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Grace Reigns: Living Under the Rule of Christ
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif shares a key theme that emerged was the ongoing, transformative rule of God's grace in the life of a believer, surpassing a one-time experience and shaping daily attitudes, relationships, and priorities. "Interested in becoming a...
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Grace That Superabounds Over Sin
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif focuses on the overwhelming sufficiency of Christ’s grace, emphasizing that no sin—past or present—is greater than the mercy available in Him. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?" Go to follow.lifeword.org
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Zechariah: Visions of Restoration and the Coming Messiah
On this episode of Day by Day, Reading Through the Bible, Dr. Clif shares the key theme that emerged was Zechariah’s encouragement to a discouraged post-exilic community by revealing God’s promise of restoration, a coming messianic king, and the ultimate fulfillment of God’s covenant. "Interested...
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The Purpose of God's Law: Revealing Our Need for Christ
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif shows how God's law exposes the depth of our sin but cannot save us, pointing instead to our need for the perfect righteousness found in Jesus. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?" Go to follow.lifeword.org
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The Active and Passive Obedience of Christ
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif shares how Jesus not only died in our place but also lived the righteous life we could never achieve, with his obedience—both active and passive—credited to believers by faith. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of…
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The Finished Work of Christ: Assurance in Accomplished Redemption
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif focuses on the sufficiency of Christ’s completed work on the cross, emphasizing that salvation rests not on human effort but on what Jesus fully accomplished for believers. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?"…
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Wrestling with Difficult Truths: Trusting God Beyond Explanations
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif shares how Christian maturity means learning to trust what God has clearly revealed, even when we cannot fully explain or understand every doctrine or experience. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?" Go to...
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Reordering Priorities: The Message of Haggai
On this episode of Day by Day, Reading Through the Bible, Dr. Clif tells how Haggai challenges the returned exiles to examine their priorities, urging them to put God's presence and glory above personal comfort as they rebuild the temple. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?" Go…
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Salvation’s Everyday Power: Living Out the Gospel Now
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif focuses on how the gospel transforms daily life, emphasizing that salvation in Christ offers not just future hope, but real change, freedom, and new possibilities in present circumstances. "Interested in becoming a devoted…
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No Harmless Sins: The Power to Overcome Even the Smallest Failures
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif shares how Christ’s grace empowers believers to confront and defeat even the subtle, often overlooked sins before they grow and cause lasting harm. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?" Go to follow.lifeword.org
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Discovering the Full Riches of Salvation
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif points out a key theme that emerged was how many Christians live spiritually impoverished lives by not fully understanding or applying the complete benefits of Christ’s redemption in their everyday experiences. "Interested in...
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Living Under the Reign of Christ: Power Over Sin
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif illustrates how through Christ’s redemptive work, believers are empowered not to accept defeat by sin but to actively reign in life, fighting sin through the Spirit and embracing the true freedom offered by the gospel.…
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Zephaniah: Judgment and Restoration in the Day of the Lord
On this episode of Day by Day, Reading Through the Bible, Dr. Clif explains Zephaniah’s prophecy of impending judgment and ultimate hope, highlighting God’s purification, restoration, and promise of joy for a faithful remnant who seek Him. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?" Go...
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The Unshakeable Assurance of Christ’s Righteousness
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif shares how the believer’s acceptance before God is anchored in the perfect, unchanging righteousness of Christ, offering assurance and motivating true holiness. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?" Go to...
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From Ruin to Renewal: The Transforming Work of Christ
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif explores the contrast between Adam’s failure and Jesus’s restorative obedience, emphasizing that Christ brings not just repair but an entirely new reality to those who trust in him. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of...
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The Unpayable Gift of Grace
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif explains the true nature of grace, emphasizing that it is a freely given gift that cannot be earned or repaid, but should inspire gratitude and obedient living. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?" Go to...
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Beyond a Clean Slate: The Abundant Gift of Christ’s Righteousness
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif focuses on how salvation through Jesus is far more than just forgiveness, offering believers the enduring righteousness of Christ rather than simply a spiritual reset. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?" Go to...
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Habakkuk: Wrestling with God and Learning to Trust
On this episode of Day by Day, Reading Through the Bible, Dr. Clif shares a key theme that emerges when Habakkuk’s honest struggle with God’s actions, ultimately leading to deeper faith and trust in God’s sovereignty even without full understanding. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of...
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From Adam’s Failure to Christ’s Triumph: The Story of Redemption
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif focuses the conversation on the profound hope found in the biblical narrative, emphasizing that the story does not end with humanity's failure in Genesis 3. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?" Go to...
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Sin’s Desire to Rule and the Call to Surrender
On this episode of Day by Day, Our Journey Through Romans, Dr. Clif will share that the key theme that emerged was the portrayal of sin as a dominating power seeking control over the human heart, contrasted with the encouragement to resist through daily dependence on Christ and the Holy Spirit....
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Understanding Sin: From Minimization to Victory in Christ
On this episode of Day by Day, our journey through Romans, Dr. Clif shares how sin is not just a series of poor choices, but a powerful force seeking domination, and true victory comes only through the finished work of Christ. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?" Go to...
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The Danger of Passive Faith
On this episode of Day by Day, our journey through Romans, Dr. Clif talks about how passivity, rather than open rebellion, often leads to disobedience, urging listeners to courageously accept and act on the responsibilities God entrusts to them. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of...
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Discovering Christ in Every Page
On this episode of Day by Day, our journey through Romans, Dr. Clif shares how the entire Bible tells one unified story centered on Jesus, urging readers to look for Christ throughout scripture rather than treating it as disconnected moral lessons or inspirational tales. "Interested in becoming a...
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The Power of One: How Adam’s Fall and Christ’s Obedience Shape Us All
On this episode of Day by Day, our journey through Romans, Dr. Clif shares how Romans 5 challenges the idea of self-sufficiency by showing that both humanity’s greatest problem and greatest hope came through the actions of others rather than ourselves. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower…
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Micah: Judgment, Hope, and the Promised Messiah
On this episode of Day by Day, reading through the Bible, Dr. Clif talks about the book of Micah, highlighting its themes of covenant unfaithfulness, divine judgment, and ultimate restoration through the coming Messiah. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?" Go to follow.lifeword.org
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The Ongoing Work of Christ: Assurance Through His Intercession
On this episode of Day by Day, our journey through Romans, Dr. Clif focuses on how Jesus’ current ministry as our living advocate offers assurance to believers, emphasizing that salvation rests on Christ’s constancy, not our own performance. "Interested in becoming a devoted follower of Christ?"…
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Reconciliation: More Than Escaping Wrath
On this episode of Day by Day, our journey through Romans, Dr. Clif explains that salvation is presented not just as deliverance from punishment, but as restored relationship and joyful communion with God, shaping how believers approach life, prayer, and worship. "Interested in becoming a devoted...
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Justification: Resting in Christ’s Finished Work
On this episode of Day by Day, our journey through Romans, Dr. Clif teaches on the transformative reality of justification through Jesus, emphasizing that believers are declared righteous by God—not by their own efforts, but through Christ’s completed sacrifice. "Interested in becoming a devoted...
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A Bible devotional and Biblical teaching from Lifeword
Hosted by
Clif Johnson, FamilyLife, John David Smith, Lori Cline, Donny Parrish, Holly Meriweather, Jon Dodson, Rick Russell, Luis Ortega
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