Bible Love: A Scripture Podcast

We continue through Acts of the Apostles this week, working through chapters 3 and 4 as one continuous scene: a healing that leads to a sermon, a sermon that draws a crowd, and a crowd that lands the church in front of...

Today we’re joined by the Rev. Dorian Del Priore as we dive into Acts 2. When we think of Pentecost, we often imagine dramatic pyrotechnics, wind, and tongues of fire. But what if the real miracle of Acts 2 wasn't just...

Today we’re joined by Dr. Tony as we dive into the Acts of the Apostles. Consider this your field guide before the road trip from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. Turns out the first Christians didn’t know they were...

Season six of the Bible Love Podcast is on the horizon, and Alan and Mary Balfour sit down to talk about what's ahead. Starting next week, we're diving into the Book of Acts, working through it chapter by chapter all...

The Rev. Richard T. Lawson III joins the us to reflect on vocation, discernment, and his election as Bishop of Alabama. After 25 years in parish ministry, he didn’t initially imagine himself called to this role. Over...

It started with the Sound of Music. A little girl watching the Reverend Mother and thinking, that is who I want to be, and then feeling genuinely disappointed when Maria left the convent to marry a widower with seven...

Today we’re joined the Rev. Anna Page a chaplain and Captain in the United States Army. Anna Page went to high school thinking about ROTC as a way to pay for college. An Army scholarship took her to Wellesley, ROTC took...

At age 12, Curtis Almquist had a dream that he was supposed to be a monk. He also considered astronaut, FBI agent, garbage collector, and brain surgeon. It took decades before he found the community where he wept in a...

Today Mary Balfour talks with Breanna Carter, Director of Racial Healing and Pilgrimage for the Diocese of Alabama. They talk about ministry, vocation, and how we’re all called to God’s work. Prayer for Mission (Morning...

A woman stopped her in a hospital hallway and said: what you do is not a job. What you do is a ministry. CJ Van Slyke had been a nurse, a licensed counselor, a Red Cross mental health specialist deployed to flood zones...

It started with a Presbyterian chaplain who had no agenda. Just an open door, sixty minutes a week, and the grace to let a despairing sophomore be exactly who he was. That gift, given freely in the early 1970s, set in...

Today we talk about Jesus in the tomb in Mt 28.1-20; Mk 16.1-20; Lk 24.1-53; Jn 20.1-25. Five years ago, Alan and Mary Balfour started a podcast during a pandemic because what else were you going to do? This week they...

Today we talk about Jesus in the tomb in Mt 27.57-66; Mk 15.42-47; Lk 23.50-56; Jn 19.38-42. The body has to go somewhere. Two men who kept their distance while Jesus was alive step forward when he is dead. Joseph of...

Today we’re joined by Dr. Tony as we talk about the central moment of the Christian faith. We talk about Jesus and the cross in Mt 27.15-56; Mk 15.6-41; Lk 23.13-49; Jn 18.38-19.37. All four gospels bring you to the...

Today we talk about denial, abandonment, and Jesus on trial in Mt 26.57-27.14;Mk 14.53-15.5; Lk 22.54-23.12; Jn 18.13-38. Jesus is handed from one authority to another. Religious leaders to Pilate. Pilate to Herod...