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Study Gateway's First Listens: Find your next Bible study! Join host Shelley Leith as she curates first sessions of Bible studies on various themes each season, taught by some of the world’s most influential Christian authors, teachers, and pastors. To learn more, visit https://StudyGateway.com. read less

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Are you searching for the next video Bible study for your small group to do? Would you like to have a way to discover new Bible teachers instead of just relying on the same few you always use? And, if you hear about a new video study that fits the bill, how do you know the teacher is someone you can trust? If these are your issues, then you’re going to LOVE Study Gateway’s First Listens, where you get first listens to first sessions so you can find your next video Bible study. You’ll hear from trusted Bible teachers like Jada Edwards: “Spoiler alert: Rahab was not a church girl.”Louie Giglio: “The main way that I don’t give an enemy a seat at the table is by taking my seat at the table”And Jennie Allen: “Jesus’s way to keep us together, to protect us from the enemy and sin is each other!”I’m Shelley Leith, leader at Study Gateway, and you can think of me as your First Listens disk jockey. In each episode, I’ll be playing for you the audio of the complete first session of a video Bible study on the theme of that season of the podcast, such as Whole Self Care, Sharing God’s Love, Spiritual Formation, Overcoming and Healing, and Life Purpose. And here’s what makes First Listens a podcast you can count on: everything you’ll hear is produced by HarperChristian Resources, publisher of the Bible study and video resources from today’s most trusted voices. You can find Study Gateway’s First Listens in your favorite podcast app. Subscribe and leave a review today! Study Gateway's First Listens: Find your next Bible study! Join host Shelley Leith as she curates first sessions of Bible studies on various themes each season, taught by some of the world’s most influential Christian authors, teachers, and pastors. To learn more, visit StudyGateway.com. (00:00) - Marker 01

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Explore & Discover: What’s So Amazing About Grace + Interview with Philip Yancey

Explore & Discover: What’s So Amazing About Grace + Interview with Philip Yancey

Host Shelley Leith interviews Philip Yancey. They discuss the impact of place on Philip’s writing; the arc of his writings—from topics about pain, to topics about the character of God, to topics of grace; the source of the questions he based several of his books on; and the updates he made to the 25th anniversary edition of What’s So Amazing About Grace. Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only)

Explore & Discover: Created to Dream + interview with Rick Warren

Explore & Discover: Created to Dream + interview with Rick Warren

Host Shelley Leith interviews her pastor, Rick Warren. They discuss the difference between our dreams and our purpose, the fulfillment of the specific and God-sized dreams God gave Rick for Saddleback Church 40 years ago, and whether it’s too late, too early, or too unnecessary to have a dream from God. Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only)

Explore & Discover: In the Footsteps of the Savior by Max Lucado.

Explore & Discover: In the Footsteps of the Savior by Max Lucado.

If you got the chance to go to the Holy Land with Max Lucado, wouldn’t you jump on it? Join in with a group that did just that. In Session One of In the Footsteps of the Savior, our tour group is visiting the town of Capernaum, which was Jesus’ base of operations in the region of Galilee. Max Lucado zeroes in on the questions we have all had when we’re hurting: Do you think he can? Do you think he cares? Do you think he'll come? Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only)

Explore & Discover: Luke: Gut-Level Compassion + interview with Lisa Harper

Explore & Discover: Luke: Gut-Level Compassion + interview with Lisa Harper

Lisa Harper is interviewed by host, Shelley Leith. They discuss Lisa’s favorite theologians (there are several!), the theme of outcasts in the book of Luke and who Lisa’s favorite outcast it, and her own story of feeling like an outcast and the healing she found in Christ. Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only)

Explore & Discover: Acts: The Revolution of Faith + interview with Randy Frazee

Explore & Discover: Acts: The Revolution of Faith + interview with Randy Frazee

Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only) Randy Frazee is interviewed by host, Shelley Leith. They touch on the significance of the opening stories Randy told in each session, then spend time understanding the insights of sociologist Rodney Stark, who analyzed from a sociological perspective how the marginalized Jesus movement overtook the Western world. Randy ties those insights together with the revolution that began in Book of Acts. Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com.

Explore & Discover: Taste and See + Interview with Margaret Feinberg

Explore & Discover: Taste and See + Interview with Margaret Feinberg

Margaret Feinberg is interviewed by host, Shelley Leith, and she tells of the adventures she had traveling the world to explore the theme of food in the Bible. God is a foodie, which can be seen from the Garden of Eden to the way Jesus is either coming from a meal, going to a meal, enjoying a meal, doing a miracle at a meal, telling stories about a meal, or multiplying a meal. Christ does some of his best work in us at the table. Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only)

Explore & Discover: Sacred Pathways + interview with Gary Thomas

Explore & Discover: Sacred Pathways + interview with Gary Thomas

Gary Thomas is interviewed by host, Shelley Leith, and they discuss exploring and discovering our primary pathway to connection with God. We don’t all have to be locked into one particular way of praying or having “quiet time.” God made each of us unique, and we connect best with God out of our spiritual temperament which is drawn to pathways of wonder, contemplation, or action. Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only)

Explore & Discover: The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi by Kathie Lee Gifford

Explore & Discover: The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi by Kathie Lee Gifford

We head off to the Holy Land to explore the little town of Bethlehem, with Kathie Lee Gifford and Rabbi Jason Sobel in The Rock, the Road, and the Rabbi. Kathie Lee, the beloved television talk show host, draws upon her Jewish heritage as she leads us through her favorite places in Israel. And Rabbi Jason helps us understand what we’re seeing from a rabbinic Jewish perspective. Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only)

Summer Self-Care: Grace Not Perfection by Emily Ley

Summer Self-Care: Grace Not Perfection by Emily Ley

This study is for those of us who try to measure up to unrealistic standards of perfection, or who may have heard ourselves say, “If only my life looked like that other person’s, and I would have it all together and be happy.” Emily Ley wants us to let go of control and allow ourselves to step into imperfection, which is where we encounter God’s perfect grace. Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only)

Summer Self-Care: Building a Resilient Life by Rebekah Lyons

Summer Self-Care: Building a Resilient Life by Rebekah Lyons

In this new study, Rebekah Lyons teaches us how to improve our stress response and become people of resilience, so we can withstand the onslaught of adversity, disconnection, and anxiety. She says, “Adversity awakens the human heart.” Rebekah shares how to take care of ourselves when we face adversity in the first session called Name the Pain. Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only)

Summer Self-Care: When Your Way Isn’t Working by Kyle Idleman

Summer Self-Care: When Your Way Isn’t Working by Kyle Idleman

In Session One titled “Diagnosing Disconnection,” Pastor Kyle Idleman says, “If you're feeling frustrated or tired or overwhelmed or stressed out or anxious or discouraged or depressed, my counsel to you would have been pretty straightforward. Stop feeling that way and do something about it! That approach worked for me really well, I suppose, until it didn't. I'm thankful for someone who sat down and helped me see that I needed to ask for help.” Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only)

Summer Self-Care: The Daniel Plan by Rick Warren

Summer Self-Care: The Daniel Plan by Rick Warren

The Daniel Plan is perhaps our most wholistic study on self-care. This healthy lifestyle program, created by Pastor Rick Warren and his team at Saddleback Church, goes beyond just healthy for your body. It addresses our Faith, Food, Fitness, Focus and Friends. Rick Warren teaches the overarching principle of Faith in Session One of the core study. Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only)

Summer Self-Care: Emotionally Healthy Woman by Geri Scazzero

Summer Self-Care: Emotionally Healthy Woman by Geri Scazzero

This Bible study is about eight things we should quit, and the first session is called, “Quit Being Afraid of What Others Think.” In this episode, Geri tells the story of how she quit her own church, of which her husband was the pastor! Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only)

Summer Self-Care: Unoffendable + Interview with Brant Hansen

Summer Self-Care: Unoffendable + Interview with Brant Hansen

Brant Hanson is interviewed by host Shelley Leith. In this fascinating discussion, Brant, a seasoned but quirky radio host, talks about how timely the topic of Unoffendable is because of the rampant self-righteousness in our culture at large. He explains how counterintuitive it is to decide to be unoffendable, and what needs to be present in our lives in order to become more forgiving. Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only)

Summer Self-Care: How’s Your Soul by Judah Smith

Summer Self-Care: How’s Your Soul by Judah Smith

One day Judah Smith started asking this question of his friends: “How’s your soul?” He really wanted to know how they were doing on the inside. This episode explores how to take care of the most important part of ourselves, our soul. We listen to Session One, “When is My Soul Home?” Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only)

Summer Self-Care: Get Your Life Back + Interview with John Eldredge

Summer Self-Care: Get Your Life Back + Interview with John Eldredge

John Eldredge is interviewed by host, Shelley Leith. John starts out by saying only partly tongue-in-cheek saying he has adopted the life of a 21st century monk, and we find out what he means by that during this discussion. John’s work for Get Your Life Back and for his own life personally has been focused on the big lie of technology and counteracting that in his life and practices. Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Listen for the code to get a 15% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only)

Women Bible Teachers You Should Know: Megan Marshman (Beautiful Word: John)

Women Bible Teachers You Should Know: Megan Marshman (Beautiful Word: John)

Megan Marshman is interviewed by host, Shelley Leith. Megan traces the trajectory of her life from her childhood as a quiet girl, to her early twenties when she found herself in jail, to the giant twist when she stepped into the pulpit as the teaching pastor at Willow Creek Church. She describes her study of the Book of John which focuses on the seven I Am statement of Jesus. Then we enjoy Episode 1 of Beautiful Word: John. Watch the video of Session One: https://watch.studygateway.com/first-listens-podcast-season-four-women-bible-teachers-you-should-know?utm_source=lumivoz&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=firstlistens&utm_content=4-8_megan-marshman_beautiful-word-johnGet information on the Study Guide: https://churchsource.com/products/john-study-guide-plus-streaming-video-believe-i-am?utm_source=lumivoz&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=firstlistens&utm_content=4-8_megan-marshman_beautiful-word-john Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at https://StudyGateway.com. Use a promo code to get a 20% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only): FIRST20SG for a 20% discount on a small group monthly planFIRST20P for a 20% discount on a personal plan

Women Bible Teachers You Should Know: Candace Payne (You Belong)

Women Bible Teachers You Should Know: Candace Payne (You Belong)

Candace Payne is interviewed by host, Shelley Leith. Candace shares about her unlikely entry into teaching Bible studies via a viral video she shot of herself trying on a Chewbacca mask, then laughing about it for four minutes. She tells all the fun stories that happened behind the scenes when shooting You Belong, and gives us insight into why that message was so pivotal for her. Then we enjoy Episode 1 of You Belong. Watch the video of Session One: https://watch.studygateway.com/first-listens-podcast-season-four-women-bible-teachers-you-should-know?utm_source=lumivoz&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=firstlistens&utm_content=4-7_candace-payne_you-belongGet information on the Study Guide: https://churchsource.com/products/you-belong-study-guide-because-god-is-who-he-says-he-is?utm_source=lumivoz&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=firstlistens&utm_content=4-7_candace-payne_you-belong Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at https://StudyGateway.com. Use a promo code to get a 20% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only): FIRST20SG for a 20% discount on a small group monthly planFIRST20P for a 20% discount on a personal plan

Women Bible Teachers You Should Know: Ruth Chou Simons (When Strivings Cease)

Women Bible Teachers You Should Know: Ruth Chou Simons (When Strivings Cease)

Ruth Chou Simons is interviewed by host, Shelley Leith. Ruth recalls the early days of her writing and artistic career when she wrestled with the limitations she experienced from being a young mother of six boys, which kept her from pursuing her dreams the way she wanted. She invested 16,000+ hours in daily writing and painting, taking lots of small steps towards something she didn’t see the fruit of until a later season in her life. Then we enjoy Episode 1 of When Strivings Cease, called Favor You Cannot Earn. Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Use a promo code to get a 20% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only): FIRST20SG for a 20% discount on a small group monthly planFIRST20P for a 20% discount on a personal plan

Women Bible Teachers You Should Know: Margaret Feinberg (Beautiful Word: Revelation)

Women Bible Teachers You Should Know: Margaret Feinberg (Beautiful Word: Revelation)

Margaret Feinberg is interviewed by host, Shelley Leith. Margaret talks about Bad Bettys of the Bible, her “foodiehood,” and the strangeness of writing a Bible study on Revelation during the pandemic. Her take on Revelation is different from the usual: she views it as a golden box containing an invitation to know and experience Jesus in his breathtaking beauty, his staggering strength, his wonderous power, and the depths of his relentless love for us. Then we listen to Episode 1, Tempted to Give Up on God? Watch the video of Session OneGet information on the Study Guide Study Gateway is a streaming video Bible study service that gives instant access to video studies taught by hundreds of the world's most influential Christian authors, teachers and pastors, published HarperChristian Resources. Subscriptions plans are available for personal use, for small groups, and for whole churches. Learn more at StudyGateway.com. Use a promo code to get a 20% discount (good for the life of your subscription; first-time subscribers only): FIRST20SG for a 20% discount on a small group monthly planFIRST20P for a 20% discount on a personal plan