Scripture Matters Podcast

What makes Heaven…Heaven? For many of us, Heaven has been described in terms of what it looks like—streets of gold, gates of pearl, beauty beyond imagination. Others think first about the people they hope to see again. But when Jesus spoke about what was waiting for His people, He pointed to something even greater: “I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also” (John 14:3). Heaven is ultimately about being with Him. In the Season 2 finale of Scripture Matt...

What does Christian hope look like when life does not unfold the way we expected? In Season 2, Episode 12 of the Scripture Matters Podcast, Jonathan Sanford and Cliff Thompson explore the difference between ordinary wishful thinking and the kind of hope Scripture gives the Christian—a hope anchored in God Himself, His promises, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Beginning with a family emerging from a storm shelter to find their home devastated, the conversation asks what hope means when...

Scripture Matters Podcast — S2E10: “Providence Matters” Was that God—or was it simply coincidence? Sometimes a door closes that we desperately wanted open. A plan falls apart. Someone enters our life at exactly the right moment. A prayer seems to be answered in a way we never expected. Looking back, the pieces can appear to fit together almost perfectly—but how confidently can we say, “God did that”? In this week’s episode of the Scripture Matters Podcast, Jonathan Sanford and Cliff Thompson ...

Peace is something everyone wants—but biblical peace is far deeper than a quiet life or the absence of problems. In Season 2, Episode 9 of the Scripture Matters Podcast, “Peace Matters,” Jonathan Sanford and Cliff Thompson explore three dimensions of peace revealed in Scripture: peace with God, peace with others, and peace within. Beginning with the truth that sin separates us from God, this conversation considers how genuine peace begins with reconciliation through Jesus Christ. From there...

Scripture Matters Podcast — Season 2, Episode 8: “Worship Matters” We can prepare our clothes, gather the family, grab our Bibles, make it to the building on time—and still arrive without ever preparing our hearts to worship. In this episode of Scripture Matters, Jonathan Sanford and Cliff Thompson have a deeply personal conversation about what it means to approach Almighty God in worship. Is worship primarily about what we “get out of it,” or have we quietly allowed the worshiper to become...