Passage, Paragraph, and Prayer
“Passage, Paragraph, and Prayer” is a biweekly devotional podcast. Each episode consists of a passage from the Bible, a paragraph meditating on that passage, and a closing prayer. This podcast is produced by Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Winner, South Dakota.
Episodes
308 episodes
How Are You Doing with Your Affliction? (Psalm 119:92)
How are you doing with your affliction? Whether your affliction is a disease, adverse people or circumstances, wrestling with your conscience, wrestling with unhealthy desires, wrestling with the meaning of life, or facing up to the reality of ...
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Season 5
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Episode 34
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3:40
The Favor Noah Found (Genesis 6:8)
In Genesis 6:9 we’re told that, in the midst of an increasingly and breathtakingly wicked world, Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generations, and he made his way through life with God. But before we get there, Genesis 6:8 tells us wh...
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Season 5
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Episode 33
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4:00
Still Standing at God’s Word (Psalm 119:91)
In the first three verses of the twelfth stanza of Psalm 119 (vv. 89–91), the psalmist praises the Lord’s word by going back to its first use, the creation of the universe, and noting how we can still see the effects of that first use to this d...
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Season 5
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Episode 32
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3:44
When God Rages (Genesis 6:5–7)
The only reason we are able to rage is because we humans were originally created in the image of God, and God is capable of rage too. But his rage is much different from ours.Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsi...
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Season 5
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Episode 31
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4:46
The Character of God’s Word on Display in the Earth (Psalm 119:90)
In the first three verses of the twelfth stanza of Psalm 119 (vv. 89–91), the psalmist praises the Lord’s word by going back to its first use, the creation of the universe, and noting how we can still see the effects of that first use to this d...
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Season 5
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Episode 30
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3:50
A Heartbroken God (Genesis 6:5–6)
How does God feel about our sins? What do they do to him? Genesis 6:5–6 answers these questions in soul-stirring language.Music Credit: J. S. Bach, “Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten,” aria from “Jesu, der du meine Seele,”...
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Season 5
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Episode 29
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4:39
The Character of God’s Word on Display in the Heavens (Psalm 119:89)
In this devotion, we begin looking at the twelfth stanza of Psalm 119. In the first three verses of this stanza (vv. 89–91), the psalmist praises the Lord’s word by going back to its first use, the creation of the universe, and noting how we ca...
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Season 5
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Episode 28
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3:29
There But by the Grace of God (Genesis 6:5)
The Lord says of mankind before the Flood that “every formation of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil all the time.” But before we think that humans were somehow extra corrupt during that time, we need to remember that the Lord says the...
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Season 5
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Episode 27
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4:30
In Need of Reviving (Psalm 119:88)
By the time we get to the end of the eleventh stanza of Psalm 119, we're probably left with two impressions: 1) Being a Christian can wear a person out, and 2) the psalmist has nearly superhuman resilience. But the psalmist himself makes it cle...
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Season 5
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Episode 26
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4:03
The Nephilim (Genesis 6:1–4)
When interpreters go astray in interpreting Genesis 6:1–2, they also go astray in identifying the people that Moses calls “the Nephilim.” In this episode, we explore who the Nephilim were and see how they continue to be a cautionary example to ...
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Season 5
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Episode 25
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5:00
Indestructible (Psalm 119:87)
In Psalm 119:87, the psalmist acknowledges the harm that persecutors can do and have done to him. But he also makes clear that they are incapable of actual destroying him.Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concer...
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Season 5
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Episode 24
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3:50
Setting Consequences (Genesis 6:1–3)
Two of the toughest traits of good parenting to put into practice are setting consequences for wrongdoing and enforcing them. The Lord does both, because he cannot just wink at sin, both because it would be contrary to his nature and because it...
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Season 5
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Episode 23
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4:23
Help Me! (Psalm 119:86)
In Psalm 119:86, you can almost see the psalmist clenching his fists or wringing his hands in frustration at what is happening in his life. He is asserting and doing what is right, but is getting persecuted for it. Who can help a person in such...
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Season 5
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Episode 22
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4:25
The Sons of God Marrying the Daughters of Men, Part 4 (Genesis 6:1–2)
Even many Christians see Genesis 6:1–4 as describing spirit beings having intimate relations with human women and producing children that are sort of half-spirit, half-human. Having already seen that this interpretation cannot be correct, in th...
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Season 5
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Episode 21
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5:03
Good Pits or Bad? (Psalm 119:85)
“The proud dig pits for me that are not in keeping with your law,” the psalmist writes. So is it possible to dig pits for others that *are* in keeping with God’s law?Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, N...
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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4:09
The Sons of God Marrying the Daughters of Men, Part 3 (Genesis 6:1–2)
Apart from the creation account, Genesis 6:1–4 are probably the most scrutinized verses in the book of Genesis. Even many Christians see these verses as describing spirit beings having intimate relations with human women and producing children ...
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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4:26
When Time Crawls (Psalm 119:84)
Sometimes the authors of Scripture highlight the brevity of our lives, how quickly we pass away and are gone. But when we are in the middle of persecution and hardship, the author of Psalm 119 acknowledges that time seems to crawl.Music...
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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3:13
The Sons of God Marrying the Daughters of Men, Part 2 (Genesis 6:1–2)
Apart from the creation account, Genesis 6:1–4 are probably the most scrutinized verses in the book of Genesis. Even many Christians see these verses as describing spirit beings having intimate relations with human women and producing children ...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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4:15
Like a Wineskin in Thick Smoke (Psalm 119:83)
In Psalm 119:83, the psalmist compares himself to a wineskin in thick smoke. What does that mean? And what does it mean for us?Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concerto, No. 1, Movement 4
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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3:10
The Sons of God Marrying the Daughters of Men, Part 1 (Genesis 6:1–2)
Apart from the creation account, Genesis 6:1–4 are probably the most scrutinized verses in the book of Genesis. Even many Christians see these verses as describing spirit beings having intimate relations with human women and producing children ...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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4:10
Talking Eyes Seeking Comfort (Psalm 119:82)
Have you ever heard of talking eyes before? The psalmist mentions talking eyes in Psalm 119:82, but he uses this metaphor to teach us how and where to seek God’s comfort.Music Credit: Johann Sebastian Bach, Trio from Brandenburg Concert...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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2:59
Purpose of Genesis 5 and Earth’s Age (Genesis 5:28–32)
On the surface, Genesis 5 just looks like a boring genealogy. In this devotion, Pastor Biebert discusses the fourfold purpose of the chapter, and also uses its information to give us an idea of the age of the earth and the universe.Musi...
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Season 5
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Episode 13
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5:25
Languishing for God’s Salvation (Psalm 119:81)
Verse 81 begins the eleventh stanza of Psalm 119, a stanza that has a fairly well-defined theme of being worn out, tired, and on the brink of ruin as we wait for God to keep his word to us and to bring the wicked to justice.Music Credit...
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Season 5
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Episode 12
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3:04
Noah as Comfort (Genesis 5:28–29)
Just like with Eve and her firstborn, Cain, Lamech may have thought that his son Noah was the promised Messiah, and named him accordingly. Even though he was not, God does still continue to bring Christians comfort through Noah’s life and minis...
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Season 5
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Episode 11
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4:40
Blamelessness of Heart (Psalm 119:80)
In the closing verse of the tenth stanza of Psalm 119, the psalmist reminds us of the kind of blamelessness God is looking for—a blamelessness that should always prevent us from claiming we have the innate ability to keep God’s commandments.
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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3:48