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Welcome to The Chosen People podcast, a transformative podcast experience that invites you to delve deep into the heart of the Old Testament’s timeless stories and commandments. https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up

Each episode of "The Chosen People" is a journey through the Old Testament, narrated with passion and insight. We'll explore the rich narratives, from the Creation to the giving of the rise of King David and the prophecies of a Messiah to come.

Our captivating storytelling will be complete with contemplative and insightful explorations into what it means to struggle with our faith and press on in our journey through life. Here, we'll delve into the complexities and wisdom of God’s commandments, uncovering their relevance and power in our modern lives.

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  • S2 · E245
    Today · 22 min

    King Xerxes & The Exiled Queen

    # 245 - King Xerxes & The Exiled Queen - In this episode of The Chosen People, the drunken King Xerxes commands Queen Vashti to parade her beauty and crown before his rowdy banquet guests, her refusal to be degraded costs her the throne and sets off a search for Persia's next queen. As the empire's most powerful woman is banished for defending her dignity, an unknown orphan girl is quietly poised to step into a destiny that will change the course of God's chosen people forever. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 245 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 118:6, “Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E244
    Yesterday · 34 min

    Daniel & The Lion’s Den

    # 244 - Daniel & The Lion’s Den - In this episode of The Chosen People, When a royal decree outlaws prayer, Daniel’s only “crime” is faithfulness—so his enemies throw him into a pit of lions. Journey through Daniel 6 as God shuts mouths, topples schemes, and proves that allegiance to the Eternal King outlasts every empire. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 244 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Joshua 1:9, Haven't I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don't be afraid. Don't be dismayed, for Yahweh, your God is with you wherever you go. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E243
    Tuesday · 26 min

    Daniel & The Writing on The Wall

    # 243 - The Writing on The Wall - In this episode of The Chosen People, A drunken feast in Babylon is shattered by a disembodied hand writing judgment on the wall—MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN. Walk with Daniel in Daniel 5 as he deciphers the message, confronting pride, false worship, and the urgency to humble ourselves before the God who numbers our days. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 243 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by John 10:27, My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E264
    Monday · 32 min

    Nebuchadnezzar: The Beast King

    # 242 - The King & The Beast - In this episode of The Chosen People, Nebuchadnezzar—the “Beast King”—is stripped of his glory and driven to the fields until he lifts his eyes to heaven. Discover how pride dehumanizes and how humble worship restores our reason, dignity, and calling as God’s image-bearers. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 242 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by James 4:6, God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app.pp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E241
    Sunday · 27 min

    The Fiery Furnace

    # 241 - The Fiery Furnace - In this episode of The Chosen People, When Babylon’s music swells and a golden idol towers over the plain, three exiles refuse to bow—choosing faith over survival. Their stand leads to the furnace, where a fourth figure appears in the flames and a humbled king witnesses the God who rescues “even if not.” Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 241 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Romans 12:2, Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E240
    September 10 · 29 min

    Daniel & The King’s Dreams

    # 240 - Daniel & The King's Dreams - In this episode of The Chosen People, Nebuchadnezzar’s troubling dream of a towering statue reveals the fragility of every earthly empire. In this episode, Daniel unveils its meaning and points to the eternal kingdom that will never be shaken. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 240 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Proverbs 10:32, The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠⁠Pray.com⁠⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E239
    September 9 · 33 min

    Daniel’s Captivity

    # 239 - Captives & Captains - In this episode of The Chosen People, In Babylon’s shadow, Daniel and his friends are stripped of their names and groomed for the king’s court—but a quiet act of conviction redraws the battle lines. This episode explores how faithful resistance begins with small choices, as Daniel resolves not to defile himself and discovers that identity in God outlasts empire. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 239 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 23:4, Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠⁠Pray.com⁠⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E238
    September 8 · 30 min

    The Destruction of Jerusalem

    # 238 - The Destruction of Jerusalem - In this episode of The Chosen People, the Temple burns, and King Zedekiah’s fear leads Judah into ruin—but even in the ashes, God’s covenant voice is not silent. This episode walks through the grief of exile and the surprising hope that still breathes in Jeremiah’s promises. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 238 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 73:26, My strength and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠⁠Pray.com⁠⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E237
    September 7 · 27 min

    Nebuchadnezer Attacks

    # 237 - Nebuchadnezer Attacks - In this episode of The Chosen People, As Judah unravels after Josiah, Jehoahaz is seized, Jehoiakim bows to Egypt, Jeremiah’s scroll burns—and a new name rises from the east: Nebuchadnezzar. This gripping chapter traces the slow slide toward exile and asks what happens when leaders drift, altars are replaced, and the Word refuses to stay silent. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 237 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Haggai 1:9, You looked for much, but behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the LORD of hosts. Because of My house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠⁠Pray.com⁠⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E236
    September 6 · 28 min

    Josiah & The Burning Gods

    # 236 - Josiah & The Burning Gods - In this episode of The Chosen People, Josiah tears down idols and burns the gods that once devoured children, choosing obedience even when judgment is already sealed. His story is both tragic and holy—showing that righteousness may not save a nation, but it still matters to God. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 236 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Micah 6:8, He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠⁠Pray.com⁠⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E235
    September 3 · 32 min

    Josiah & The Hidden Scroll

    # 235 - Josiah & The Hidden Scroll - In this episode of The Chosen People, A boy-king raised in the shadow of Molech discovers a hidden scroll, and the forgotten Word of God slices through generations of idolatry. Follow Josiah’s tear-soaked repentance and fearless reforms as he leads Judah from ashes to covenant renewal. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 235 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 44:14–15, You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us. My disgrace is before me all day long, and my face is covered with shame. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E234
    September 2 · 32 min

    Hezekiah & The Silent Slaughter

    # 234 - Hezekiah & The Silent Slaughter - In this episode of The Chosen People, Under siege by Assyria’s taunts, King Hezekiah lays a threatening letter before God—and heaven answers the silence with sovereign deliverance. Explore a breathtaking story of prayer over panic, courage under mockery, and the God who topples empires without loosing a single arrow. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 234 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 44:4–5, You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob. Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E233
    September 1 · 30 min

    Jonah & The Beast II

    # 233 - Jonah & The Beast P. 2 - In this episode of The Chosen People, Jonah runs hard from God’s call to show mercy to Nineveh—straight into a storm, a casting of lots, and the belly of a great fish, where rebellion finally turns into prayer. This episode dives into Jonah 1–2 to show how the “belly of the beast” becomes a womb of grace, where teshuvah (return) begins and salvation belongs to the Lord. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 233 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Jonah 4:11, And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E232
    August 31 · 31 min

    Jonah & The Beast I

    # 232 - Jonah & The Beast P. 1 - In this episode of The Chosen People, Jonah runs hard from God’s call to show mercy to Nineveh—straight into a storm, a casting of lots, and the belly of a great fish, where rebellion finally turns into prayer. This episode dives into Jonah 1–2 to show how the “belly of the beast” becomes a womb of grace, where teshuvah (return) begins and salvation belongs to the Lord. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 232 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Proverbs 3:31-32, Do not envy the violent or choose any of their ways. For the Lord detests the perverse, but takes the upright into his confidence. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E231
    August 30 · 37 min

    Jehu: The Butcher King

    # 231 - Jehu: The Butcher King - In this episode of The Chosen People, Jehu returns in 2 Kings 10 with blazing zeal—toppling Baal yet leaving the golden calves—forcing us to ask whether our “justice” looks anything like God’s. This episode wrestles with zeal without surrender, and why true reform must be aligned with mercy, humility, and obedience. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 231 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Jeremiah 9:24, Let the one who boasts, boast in this: that they have the understanding to know Me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E230
    August 27 · 31 min

    Jehu: The Kingslayer

    # 230 - Jehu: The Kingslayer - In this episode of The Chosen People, A prophet’s oil crowns a warrior and unleashes a firestorm: Jehu rides hard into 2 Kings 9, toppling Ahab’s house and forcing us to confront the razor’s edge between divine justice and human vengeance. In this episode, we wrestle with anointing without holiness—and why Jesus’ way of the cross tells a different story. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 230 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Habakkuk 1:3–4, Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E229
    August 26 · 32 min

    King Joram & The Boiled Babies

    # 229 - King Joram & The Boiled Babies - In this episode of The Chosen People, Samaria collapses under siege—famine ravages the city, the king unravels, and despair blames the prophet—until Elisha declares a shocking promise of overnight deliverance. This episode wrestles with judgment and mercy, the silence of God, and the unexpected ways He saves when hope seems impossible. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 229 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Hosea 4:10, They will eat, but not have their fill; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase, because they have deserted the Lord to give themselves to prostitution. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E228
    August 25 · 26 min

    Elisha & The Floating Axe

    # 228 - Elisha & The Floating Axe - In this episode of The Chosen People, a borrowed axe sinks in the Jordan and an army surrounds the city—but Elisha shows that God cares for both the smallest loss and the greatest threat. This is a story of trust, vision, and the unseen power that lifts what we thought was gone. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 228 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Job 5:9, He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E227
    August 24 · 37 min

    Naaman The Leper

    # 227 - Naaman the Leper - In this episode of The Chosen People, Naaman the warrior arrives with gold, power, and pride—only to discover that healing cannot be bought, only received through humble obedience. But when Gehazi grasps for gain, the story turns, reminding us that God’s mercy is never for sale—it is a gift that reshapes the heart. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 227 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Isaiah 2:11, The haughty eyes of man will be humbled, and the lofty pride of men brought low; and the Lord alone will be exalted in that day. Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the ⁠Pray.com⁠ app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

  • S2 · E226
    August 23 · 29 min

    Elisha & The Shunammite

    # 226 - Elisha & The Shunammite - In this episode of The Chosen People, an unnamed woman from Shunem makes a simple room for Elisha—and finds herself face to face with God’s power to give life where hope had died. Her story reminds us that sometimes the greatest miracles begin in the quiet spaces of ordinary faith. Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 226 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 113:9, He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord! Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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