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We hope you will enjoy hearing from various guests each week and that it will enhance your personal engagement with God’s Word.
A new quarter of Encounter with God begins, and Gail welcomes back Whitney Kuniholm, President Emeritus of Scripture Union-USA, for his quarterly look at the big picture of the Bible reading life. This quarter we finish 1 Corinthians and travel through Ezra, Matthew, and Colossians. But before we dive in, Whitney introduces something many Scripture Union readers have never heard of: the SU Bible reading ethos. After more than six decades of listening to the worldwide Scripture Union community, he has put his finger on its heartbeat in one simple phrase. Most of us, he admits, do well with two parts of it. The middle part is where the real challenge lies. Whitney shares what he has been experimenting with over the past year, a practice borrowed from St. Ignatius of Loyola and boiled down to two simple questions you can add to whatever your daily reading process looks like.
Following along with the Encounter with God daily Bible reading guide? Find it at scriptureunion.org (http://www.ScriptureUnion.org).
Featured Guest: Whitney T. Kuniholm, SU President Emeritus
Mr. Kuniholm is President Emeritus of Scripture Union-USA. He is a speaker and the author of several books on personal and group Bible study, including The Essential Series, three church-wide Bible reading programs based on his books. To date, the Essential Series has reached more than 20 million people and has been translated into 25 languages. His newest book, Top 10 Bible Stories, walks readers through five stories from the Old Testament and five from the New, offering a warm and unpressured way into Scripture for the curious and the skeptical alike. You can see previous episodes and read his blog at www.BibleEssentials.org
28 Sept 2026
Why Love Outlasts Every Gift
1 Corinthians 12-15This week on Encounter with God Together, Gail welcomes back Janet Morgan as she continues the journey through 1 Corinthians, this time in chapters 12–15. Janet unpacks what made the coming of the Holy Spirit such a genuine turning point for God’s people, and why the gifts of the Spirit only mean something when they’re grounded in one thing. Along the way, she traces a thread from creation, through the Old Testament prophets, to the promise Jesus made his disciples, showing just how new this “new era” really was. It’s the chapter behind more weddings and funerals than almost any other in Scripture, and Janet explains exactly why it still holds up.
Following along with the Encounter with God daily Bible reading guide? Find it at scriptureunion.org (http://www.ScriptureUnion.org).
Featured Guest: Janet Morgan, Executive Vice-President, SU-USA
Janet Morgan is Executive Vice President of Scripture Union USA. She previously served as International Director for Scripture Union, as well as Missions Director for SU England and Wales and State Director for SU Victoria, bringing decades of global ministry experience to her regular conversations on Encounter with God Together.
Show Notes:
Primary reading:1 Corinthians 12–15 (gifts of the Spirit, love, and the resurrection)Referenced throughout the discussion:Genesis 1 — the Spirit hovering over the waters at creationPsalm 51:11 — "do not take your Holy Spirit from me"Matthew 3 / Luke 3 — the baptism of Jesus, the Spirit descending like a doveJohn 3 — Nicodemus, born of water and the SpiritJohn 14–16 — the Upper Room discourse, the Helper and Spirit of truthActs 1 — the Great Commission, staying in Jerusalem to be "clothed with power"Acts 2 — Pentecost1 Corinthians 13 — the "love chapter"1 Corinthians 14 — the way of love and edification of the church1 Corinthians 15 — the resurrection of Christ1 John 4 — testing the spirits, "God is love"
21 Sept 2026
The Covering & the Glory
1 Corinthians 10:1–12:11; Psalm 57
What is covering you? And where is your glory going? This week on Encounter with God Together, Gail Martin welcomes back Bible teacher Daniel Parmar to preview the readings ahead in Psalm 57 and 1 Corinthians 10 through 12. Two passages, two very different settings. David is hiding in a cave, hunted and bowed down. Paul is writing amid the noise of Corinth, a port city with a god on every corner and a table in every temple. Yet Daniel draws out a single thread running through both: the question of what is over us, and the question of where our glory is aimed.
Following along with the Encounter with God daily Bible reading guide? Find it at scriptureunion.org (http://www.ScriptureUnion.org).Featured Guest: Daniel Parmar, Bible Teacher and past Board Member
Daniel Parmar is a gifted Bible teacher with a deep love for God's Word and a rare sensitivity to the Spirit. A former member of the Scripture Union-USA board, now off on rotation, he recently stepped into a new role as Global Director of Marketing and Strategy for Hilton. He is a returning and much-loved guest on Encounter with God Together, known for opening up a week's readings in a way that gives listeners a clear through line and a lens they carry with them.
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