David Bowden is a spoken word poet, author, and preacher from Oklahoma City. He is the author of When God Isn’t There and Rewire Your Heart. David is the founder of Spoken Gospel, a non-profit dedicated to creating videos that help people encounter the gospel in every corner of scripture (www.SpokenGospel.com). David and his wife Meagan live with their son Ezra in Oklahoma City.
David Bowden has hosted 133 Episodes.
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Luke 8:22-9: Who Is Jesus
August 24th, 2020 | Season 8 | 3 mins 49 secs
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This Bible study devotional covers Luke chapters 8:22-9. In this passage we answer the question “who is Jesus?” Jesus is the one prophesied in the Old Testament to save his people from their sins.
As always, we are committed to showing you how Jesus fulfills these specific passages. In Luke 8:22-9, we see that the Messiah, the prophesied one who will take away our sins, overturns our understanding of greatness on its head. He shows us that death and suffering are the paths to true life.
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Luke 7-8:21: Jesus Did Not Come For The Righteous
August 21st, 2020 | Season 8 | 3 mins 17 secs
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This Bible study devotional covers Luke chapters 7-:8:21. In this passage we see Jesus including people in his kingdom we do not expect, even while he excludes the people we assume God would favor.
As always, we are committed to showing you how Jesus fulfills these specific passages. In Luke 7-8:21, we see the good news that Jesus preached to the poor, the sinner, and the foreigner. Their neediness, not their religious performance, is all they need in order to be accepted by God.
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Luke 6: Healing On The Sabbath
August 19th, 2020 | Season 8 | 4 mins 12 secs
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This Bible study devotional covers Luke chapter 6. In this passage Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath and reveals the deep hypocrisy of the Pharisees who oppose him.
As always, we are committed to showing you how Jesus fulfills these specific passages. In Luke 6 we see Jesus as the one who both correctly interprets and fulfills the laws in the Old Testament.
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Luke 4:14-5:39: Opposition And Freedom
August 17th, 2020 | Season 8 | 3 mins 48 secs
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This Bible study devotional covers Luke chapters 4:14-5:39. In this passage Jesus begins his ministry and experiences the first waves of attacks from the Pharisees.
As always, we are committed to showing you how Jesus fulfills these specific passages. In Luke 4:-5:59 we see Jesus as the one who finally brings the year of Jubilee and freedom to everyone who is enslaved and to all who are sinners.
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Luke 3-4:13: Someone Greater Is Coming
August 14th, 2020 | Season 8 | 3 mins 57 secs
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This Bible study devotional covers Luke chapters 3-4:13. In this passage we’re introduced to John the baptist, Jesus is baptized and the Devil tempts Jesus.
As always, we are committed to showing you how Jesus fulfills these specific passages. In Luke 3-4:13, we see that Jesus succeeds where Adam fails. Jesus doesn’t succumb to Jesus’ temptation, but opens the door to a new and better creation for all people.
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Luke 1-2: Eyewitnesses To Jesus
August 12th, 2020 | Season 8 | 3 mins 23 secs
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This Bible study devotional covers Luke chapters 1-2. In this passage Luke explains why his Gospel is reliable by appealing to multiple eyewitnesses.
As always, we are committed to showing you how Jesus fulfills these specific passages. In Luke 1-2 we see that the message of Jesus’ death and resurrection was is historically reliable because of the testimony of many witnesses.
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Mark 15:16-16:8: Jesus’ Death and Resurrection
August 10th, 2020 | Season 7 | 3 mins 54 secs
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This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapters 15:16-16:6. In this passage, we read about Jesus dying on a cross and rising from the grave. We also see Mark’s Gospel end with a strange note about the women’s fear upon seeing the empty tomb.
As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 15:16-16:8, we see that Jesus conquered death and now asks us, “Who am I to you?”
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Mark 14-15:32: Anointed, Arrested, and Accused
August 7th, 2020 | Season 7 | 4 mins 16 secs
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This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapters 14-15:32. In this passage, we read about Jesus’ anointing, his arrest, and his sham trail and sentencing to death on a cross.
As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 14-15:32, we see that Jesus stands accused for us so that we never have to be.
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Mark 13: The “End of the World”
August 5th, 2020 | Season 7 | 3 mins 49 secs
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This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapter 13. In this passage, we read about Jesus predicting the destruction of the temple in A.D. 70 that sounds, especially to the disciples, like the end of the world.
As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 13, we see that Jesus is the ultimate temple who was destroyed, but who rose from the dead and is coming back to make our whole world new. So we are to stay alert and be on our guard, always ready for that great day.
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Mark 11-12: Entry, Fig Tree, and Temple
August 3rd, 2020 | Season 7 | 3 mins 54 secs
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This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapters 11-12. In this passage, we read about Jesus’ triumphal entry, him cursing the fig tree, and disrupting the temple.
As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 11-12, we see that Jesus is the king who comes to sacrifice himself for those of us who deserve to be cursed.
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Mark 9:33-10:52: Least and Greatest
July 31st, 2020 | Season 7 | 3 mins 20 secs
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This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapters 9:33-10:52. In this passage, we read about Jesus accepting the weak and marginalized children, but rejecting the strong and accepted rich young ruler.
As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 9:33-10:52, we see that Jesus is the one who became weak and rejected to save us who finally admit that we are not as strong and accepted as we thought.
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Mark 8:27-9:32: Transfiguration and Unbelief
July 29th, 2020 | Season 7 | 4 mins 11 secs
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This Bible study devotional covers Mark chapters 8:27-9:32. In this passage, we read about Jesus’s transfiguration and hear the famous request, “Help my unbelief.”
As always, we are committed to showing you how to see the good news of the Gospel in every passage of Scripture. In Mark 8:27-9:32, we see that Jesus is the Son of Man who will raise us from death and disbelief.