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Doable Discipleship

Doable Discipleship

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Deepen your friendship with God through informative conversation and personal spiritual disciplines. Each episode focuses on a different topic and how we can approach it from a spiritual growth perspective. Whether it's talking about relationships, the Bible, prayer, cultural issues, anxiety, or anything else related to your life, this podcast looks at how we can live as disciples of Jesus. Episodes feature conversations with authors, professors, or pastors. Brought to you by Saddleback Church. Hosted by Jason Wieland.(c) 2023, Saddleback Church, All rights reserved. Christianity Personal Development Personal Success Spirituality
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  • Navigating the Bible: 2 Peter/Jude

    Navigating the Bible: 2 Peter/Jude
    Jun 23 2026
    “In view of all this, make every effort to respond to God’s promises. Supplement your faith with a generous provision of moral excellence, and moral excellence with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with patient endurance, and patient endurance with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love for everyone. The more you grow like this, the more productive and useful you will be in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 Peter 1:5-8I’m going to start with something obvious. 2 Peter and Jude aren’t next to each other in the biblical order. So, why are these books so often linked? Wouldn’t it make more sense to do 1 Peter and 2 Peter together? Our guest today does well to explain why these letters are linked but I’ll spoil a little of it here because these letters hit hard on a similar theme: pursuing virtue. These are letters of encouragement - reminders to readers to be aware of false teachers and the trappings of the world and to focus steadfastly on the virtuous way of Christ. These letters are beautiful reminders of God’s love for you as you continue to, quoting Peter, “make every effort to be found living peaceful lives that are pure and blameless in his sight.” To help us navigate 2 Peter and Jude is Peter Davids, retired Professor of Christianity at Houston Baptist University while also have taught at Regent College, Trinity School, and Canadian Theological Seminary and is author of a commentary on 2 Peter and Jude. Before we dive in with Peter, a quick note: When we recorded Peter was mid-move so his internet connection was a little spotty. I did my best to edit out lags but you’ll notice a few lags here and there. Still, this was a wonderful conversation and primer on these books so I hope you enjoy.Doable Discipleship is a podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 450 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).Subscribe to the Doable Discipleship podcast at Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doable-discipleship/id1240966935) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1Zc9nuwQZOLadbFCZCmZ1V)Resources Related to This Episode: https://www.amazon.com/First-Epistle-International-Commentary-Testament/dp/0802825168Related Doable Discipleship Episodes:Navigating the Bible: 1 Peter - https://youtu.be/u64C3MyTyawNavigating the Bible: James - https://youtu.be/du3WgFyTWFQNavigating the Bible: Hebrews - https://youtu.be/0XwovgqW0cMNavigating the Bible: Philemon - https://youtu.be/D9PTtlDcqxcNavigating the Bible: Pastoral Epistles - https://youtu.be/07kEx20A9GENavigating the Bible: 1 & 2 Thessalonians - https://youtu.be/t4RGfRFSNT4Navigating the Bible: Colossians - https://youtu.be/X8Smy59UyDoNavigating the Bible: Philippians - https://youtu.be/aYoTNKarprINavigating the Bible: Ephesians - https://youtu.be/BbtVXrdC2FINavigating the Bible: Galatians - https://youtu.be/1vudZh57HH0Navigating the Bible: 2 Corinthians - https://youtu.be/GhxuP3onL4sNavigating the Bible: 1 Corinthians - https://youtu.be/5lt9OhkpYbgNavigating the Bible: Romans - https://youtu.be/hQXntME3GocNavigating the Bible: Acts - https://youtu.be/u7ujU81hvjUNavigating the Bible: John - https://youtu.be/0Q8CqUMoTdENavigating the Bible: Luke - https://youtu.be/TKp9FbT3J2kNavigating the Bible: Mark - https://youtu.be/TfD2cHzAFmcNavigating the Bible: Matthew - https://youtu.be/TopzGlIuhYgNavigating the Bible: Malachi - https://youtu.be/Qiwoys1KAa8Navigating the Bible: Zechariah - https://youtu.be/t3beJht6tZUNavigating the Bible: Haggai - https://youtu.be/pGFOmTPUgI4Navigating the Bible: Zephaniah - https://youtu.be/VtKeFsLeG4MNavigating the Bible: Habakkuk - https://youtu.be/89l0HUQceIwNavigating the Bible: Nahum - https://youtu.be/USg64a6Kk8wNavigating the Bible: Micah - https://youtu.be/Tcm3HykhkS8Navigating the Bible: Jonah - https://youtu.be/PxhIyhLSgJQNavigating the Bible: Daniel - https://youtu.be/bnQ-PioWxfgNavigating the Bible: Ezekiel - https://youtu.be/hlg6gBYxqsgNavigating the Bible: Lamentations - https://youtu.be/6rrizlXeYXENavigating the Bible: Jeremiah - https://youtu.be/lXPjWl8PdRkNavigating the Bible: Isaiah - https://youtu.be/NZJLaPkgEgsNavigating the Bible: Song of Songs - https://youtu.be/Sg0CYlNBVMgNavigating the Bible: Ecclesiastes - https://youtu.be/-Wr7LCh8F9ENavigating the Bible: Proverbs - https://youtu.be/DytRT5AsZg8Navigating the Bible: Psalms - https://youtu.be/oZeesooAYUINavigating the Bible: Job - https://youtu.be/14jaf2T1eCQNavigating the Bible: Exodus - https://youtu.be/NB9UTpS1F3MNavigating the Bible: Genesis - https://youtu.be/ddhjMfOoasAInspiring Dreams by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoonMusic promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/Creative Commons CC BY 4.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    56 mins
  • Navigating the Bible: 1 Peter

    Navigating the Bible: 1 Peter
    Jun 16 2026

    “All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is by his great mercy that we have been born again, because God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. Now we live with great expectation, and we have a priceless inheritance - an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.” - 1 Peter 1:3-4

    After reading so many letters from Paul, a brief stop in Hebrews, and then a letter from James, we now get to hear from Peter. 1 Peter is a letter of hope - a letter of what it means to be called the family of God and to live that out. It’s a letter of what it means to be a Christian, particularly being a Christian in a time of suffering and persecution. It’s a letter about how to treat one another. It’s a letter about identity, being both living stones and humble sheep. This letter is only five chapters long but it paints a beautiful picture of the Christian life. To help us navigate 1 Peter is Dr. Jeanine Brown, Professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary and she is currently working on a commentary on 1 Peter. Jeanine was our guide through Matthew as well and I’m thrilled to have her back to take us through 1 Peter.

    Doable Discipleship is a podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 450 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).

    Subscribe to the Doable Discipleship podcast at Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doable-discipleship/id1240966935) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1Zc9nuwQZOLadbFCZCmZ1V)

    Related Doable Discipleship Episodes:
    Navigating the Bible: James - https://youtu.be/du3WgFyTWFQ
    Navigating the Bible: Hebrews - https://youtu.be/0XwovgqW0cM
    Navigating the Bible: Philemon - https://youtu.be/D9PTtlDcqxc
    Navigating the Bible: Pastoral Epistles - https://youtu.be/07kEx20A9GE
    Navigating the Bible: 1 & 2 Thessalonians - https://youtu.be/t4RGfRFSNT4
    Navigating the Bible: Colossians - https://youtu.be/X8Smy59UyDo
    Navigating the Bible: Philippians - https://youtu.be/aYoTNKarprI
    Navigating the Bible: Ephesians - https://youtu.be/BbtVXrdC2FI
    Navigating the Bible: Galatians - https://youtu.be/1vudZh57HH0
    Navigating the Bible: 2 Corinthians - https://youtu.be/GhxuP3onL4s
    Navigating the Bible: 1 Corinthians - https://youtu.be/5lt9OhkpYbg
    Navigating the Bible: Romans - https://youtu.be/hQXntME3Goc
    Navigating the Bible: Acts - https://youtu.be/u7ujU81hvjU
    Navigating the Bible: John - https://youtu.be/0Q8CqUMoTdE
    Navigating the Bible: Luke - https://youtu.be/TKp9FbT3J2k
    Navigating the Bible: Mark - https://youtu.be/TfD2cHzAFmc
    Navigating the Bible: Matthew - https://youtu.be/TopzGlIuhYg
    Navigating the Bible: Malachi - https://youtu.be/Qiwoys1KAa8
    Navigating the Bible: Zechariah - https://youtu.be/t3beJht6tZU
    Navigating the Bible: Haggai - https://youtu.be/pGFOmTPUgI4
    Navigating the Bible: Zephaniah - https://youtu.be/VtKeFsLeG4M
    Navigating the Bible: Habakkuk - https://youtu.be/89l0HUQceIw
    Navigating the Bible: Nahum - https://youtu.be/USg64a6Kk8w
    Navigating the Bible: Micah - https://youtu.be/Tcm3HykhkS8
    Navigating the Bible: Jonah - https://youtu.be/PxhIyhLSgJQ
    Navigating the Bible: Daniel - https://youtu.be/bnQ-PioWxfg
    Navigating the Bible: Ezekiel - https://youtu.be/hlg6gBYxqsg
    Navigating the Bible: Lamentations - https://youtu.be/6rrizlXeYXE
    Navigating the Bible: Jeremiah - https://youtu.be/lXPjWl8PdRk
    Navigating the Bible: Isaiah - https://youtu.be/NZJLaPkgEgs
    Navigating the Bible: Song of Songs - https://youtu.be/Sg0CYlNBVMg
    Navigating the Bible: Ecclesiastes - https://youtu.be/-Wr7LCh8F9E
    Navigating the Bible: Proverbs - https://youtu.be/DytRT5AsZg8
    Navigating the Bible: Psalms - https://youtu.be/oZeesooAYUI
    Navigating the Bible: Job - https://youtu.be/14jaf2T1eCQ
    Navigating the Bible: Exodus - https://youtu.be/NB9UTpS1F3M
    Navigating the Bible: Genesis - https://youtu.be/ddhjMfOoasA

    Inspiring Dreams by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon
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    52 mins
  • Navigating the Bible: James

    Navigating the Bible: James
    Jun 10 2026

    “What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, and you say, ‘Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well’ - but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do? So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.” James 2:14-17

    I think many people probably fall into one of two camps about James: it’s either one of their favorites or they bristle against it a little bit. This is because James does not pull any punches about what it means to live in a way that focuses and cares for other people. He says, “faith is dead without good works.” He says, “His actions made his faith complete.” He says, “I will show you my faith by my good deeds.” All of this is in the context of what James has to say about helping the poor, the widows and the orphans, and what he has to say about how we handle persecution and trials and what he has to say about how we speak. James is an in your face book in the best of ways. To help us navigate this book is Dr. Craig Blomberg, Professor Emeritus of New Testament at Denver Seminary and author of many books including a commentary on James.

    Doable Discipleship is a podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 450 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback).

    Subscribe to the Doable Discipleship podcast at Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doable-discipleship/id1240966935) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1Zc9nuwQZOLadbFCZCmZ1V)

    Resources Related to This Episode: https://www.amazon.com/James-Zondervan-Exegetical-Commentary-Testament/dp/0310244021

    Related Doable Discipleship Episodes:
    Navigating the Bible: Hebrews - https://youtu.be/0XwovgqW0cM
    Navigating the Bible: Philemon - https://youtu.be/D9PTtlDcqxc
    Navigating the Bible: Pastoral Epistles - https://youtu.be/07kEx20A9GE
    Navigating the Bible: 1 & 2 Thessalonians - https://youtu.be/t4RGfRFSNT4
    Navigating the Bible: Colossians - https://youtu.be/X8Smy59UyDo
    Navigating the Bible: Philippians - https://youtu.be/aYoTNKarprI
    Navigating the Bible: Ephesians - https://youtu.be/BbtVXrdC2FI
    Navigating the Bible: Galatians - https://youtu.be/1vudZh57HH0
    Navigating the Bible: 2 Corinthians - https://youtu.be/GhxuP3onL4s
    Navigating the Bible: 1 Corinthians - https://youtu.be/5lt9OhkpYbg
    Navigating the Bible: Romans - https://youtu.be/hQXntME3Goc
    Navigating the Bible: Acts - https://youtu.be/u7ujU81hvjU
    Navigating the Bible: John - https://youtu.be/0Q8CqUMoTdE
    Navigating the Bible: Luke - https://youtu.be/TKp9FbT3J2k
    Navigating the Bible: Mark - https://youtu.be/TfD2cHzAFmc
    Navigating the Bible: Matthew - https://youtu.be/TopzGlIuhYg
    Navigating the Bible: Malachi - https://youtu.be/Qiwoys1KAa8
    Navigating the Bible: Zechariah - https://youtu.be/t3beJht6tZU
    Navigating the Bible: Haggai - https://youtu.be/pGFOmTPUgI4
    Navigating the Bible: Zephaniah - https://youtu.be/VtKeFsLeG4M
    Navigating the Bible: Habakkuk - https://youtu.be/89l0HUQceIw
    Navigating the Bible: Nahum - https://youtu.be/USg64a6Kk8w
    Navigating the Bible: Micah - https://youtu.be/Tcm3HykhkS8
    Navigating the Bible: Jonah - https://youtu.be/PxhIyhLSgJQ
    Navigating the Bible: Daniel - https://youtu.be/bnQ-PioWxfg
    Navigating the Bible: Ezekiel - https://youtu.be/hlg6gBYxqsg
    Navigating the Bible: Lamentations - https://youtu.be/6rrizlXeYXE
    Navigating the Bible: Jeremiah - https://youtu.be/lXPjWl8PdRk
    Navigating the Bible: Isaiah - https://youtu.be/NZJLaPkgEgs
    Navigating the Bible: Song of Songs - https://youtu.be/Sg0CYlNBVMg
    Navigating the Bible: Ecclesiastes - https://youtu.be/-Wr7LCh8F9E
    Navigating the Bible: Proverbs - https://youtu.be/DytRT5AsZg8
    Navigating the Bible: Psalms - https://youtu.be/oZeesooAYUI
    Navigating the Bible: Job - https://youtu.be/14jaf2T1eCQ
    Navigating the Bible: Exodus - https://youtu.be/NB9UTpS1F3M
    Navigating the Bible: Genesis - https://youtu.be/ddhjMfOoasA

    Inspiring Dreams by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon
    Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
    Creative Commons CC BY 4.0
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    58 mins
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