Words & Ways

About Words & Ways

Words & Ways is a 10- minute podcast that revisits familiar stories about Jesus to see what more we can learn about him. Listen for yourself, with small groups, leadership teams, mentoring-discipling relationships and more. Be sure to check out the show notes for the full script and reflection-discussion questions.

Publisher

Young Life

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Mar 2023

Latest episode

20 Dec 2024

Latest episodes

45 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Dec 2024

   E45 - The Promised Messiah | The Old Testament

   In this episode of Words & Ways we'll be looking at the big story of the Bible from Moses' death to Jesus' birth. Listen for yourself, with small groups, leadership teams, mentoring-discipling relationships and more. Our hope is that the words and ways of Jesus transform your mind, fill your heart, and encourage your soul today and every day. SHOW NOTES Main Passage: Isaiah 59:20-60:1, 19, 22 DISCUSSION & REFLECTION QUESTIONS: What sections of the biblical story between Moses and Jesus (era of the judges, the kings, the divided nation, the prophets, the defeat and exile) are new to you? What would you like to know more about? How do the things you’ve heard and learned from the Old Testament expand your understanding of God? How do they point to Jesus? Why do you think God remained so faithful and patient with people who were so unfaithful to him? Why do you think people’s expectations for the Messiah were so different from what he actually was? Based on what you know about Jesus, how do you think he answers and fulfills the things that happened in the biblical story before his birth? SCRIPT & ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://yl-discipleship.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/W%26W+Podcast+PDFs/W%26W+Episode+45+-+The+Promised+Messiah.pdf) for the full written script. For more Young Life Discipleship resources, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discipleship.younglife.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://discipleship.younglife.org) where you can find Bible App reading plans, BibleProject partner content, discipleship series, and more. Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discipleship@sc.younglife.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (mailto:discipleship@sc.younglife.org) REFERENCES For this season of Word & Ways, we’ve learned from many additional written resources, including the following: The Bible Story Handbook: A Resource for Teaching 175 Stories from the Bible (John H. Walton and Kim W. Walton, Crossway, 2010) The Drama of Scripture (Craig G. Bartholomew & Michael W. Goheen, Baker Academic, 2004, 2014) The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament (Sandra Richter, IVP Academic, 2008) How to Read Genesis (Tremper Longman, IVP Academic, 2005) How to Read Exodus (Tremper Longman, IVP Academic, 2009) The Lost World of … (series of books by John H. Walton, Tremper Longman, et. al, IVP Academic) Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11 (C. John Collins, Zondervan, 2018) © 2024 Young Life

2. 

   13 Dec 2024

   E44 - The Holy Tent | Old Testament

   In this episode of Words & Ways we'll be looking at the story of Moses and the traveling Tabernacle in the book of Exodus. Listen for yourself, with small groups, leadership teams, mentoring-discipling relationships and more. Our hope is that the words and ways of Jesus transform your mind, fill your heart, and encourage your soul today and every day. SHOW NOTES Main Passage: Selections from Exodus Exodus 25, 29, 40 DISCUSSION & REFLECTION QUESTIONS: What does it say about God that he chose to dwell among his people while they traveled from Egypt to their new land? How do you experience Jesus dwelling in you? What does it say about God that when the people rebelled, he didn’t abandon them? How has God been faithful to you even when you haven’t been faithful to him? Why do you think the people didn’t trust God even after all he’d done for them? When do you struggle to trust God? Why? Why do you think the people complained about things more often than being thankful to God? When do you complain instead of being thankful? Why? SCRIPT & ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://yl-discipleship.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/W%26W+Podcast+PDFs/W%26W+Episode+44+-+The+Holy+Tent.pdf) for the full written script. For more Young Life Discipleship resources, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discipleship.younglife.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://discipleship.younglife.org) where you can find Bible App reading plans, BibleProject partner content, discipleship series, and more. Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discipleship@sc.younglife.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (mailto:discipleship@sc.younglife.org) REFERENCES For this season of Word & Ways, we’ve learned from many additional written resources, including the following: The Bible Story Handbook: A Resource for Teaching 175 Stories from the Bible (John H. Walton and Kim W. Walton, Crossway, 2010) The Drama of Scripture (Craig G. Bartholomew & Michael W. Goheen, Baker Academic, 2004, 2014) The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament (Sandra Richter, IVP Academic, 2008) How to Read Genesis (Tremper Longman, IVP Academic, 2005) How to Read Exodus (Tremper Longman, IVP Academic, 2009) The Lost World of … (series of books by John H. Walton, Tremper Longman, et. al, IVP Academic) Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11 (C. John Collins, Zondervan, 2018) © 2024 Young Life

3. 

   6 Dec 2024

   E43 - The Ten Commandments | Old Testament

   In this episode of Words & Ways we'll be looking at the story of Moses and the Ten Commandments in the book of Exodus. Listen for yourself, with small groups, leadership teams, mentoring-discipling relationships and more. Our hope is that the words and ways of Jesus transform your mind, fill your heart, and encourage your soul today and every day. SHOW NOTES Main Passage: Selections from Exodus 19-20:21, 32 DISCUSSION & REFLECTION QUESTIONS: When you hear “The Ten Commandments” what immediately comes to mind? Where did those thoughts or ideas come from? Does it make a difference to think of the ten commandments as God’s wise words about the good life instead of a list of dos and don’ts? Why? Imagine what it might have looked and sounded like as Moses went up the mountain to be with God for 40 days and nights. How does that t in with your images of God and Jesus? Take time to read the ten words or commandments in Exodus 20:1-17. What do you notice? What seems important about their order and their purpose? Discuss or think about how the ten commandments — written thousands of years ago, in a very different culture — are still clear, meaningful, and alive today. SCRIPT & ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠HERE⁠ (https://yl-discipleship.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/W%26W+Podcast+PDFs/W%26W+Episode+43+-+The+Ten+Commandments.pdf)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for the full written script. For more Young Life Discipleship resources, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discipleship.younglife.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://discipleship.younglife.org) where you can find Bible App reading plans, BibleProject partner content, discipleship series, and more. Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠discipleship@sc.younglife.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (mailto:discipleship@sc.younglife.org) REFERENCES For this season of Word & Ways, we’ve learned from many additional written resources, including the following: The Bible Story Handbook: A Resource for Teaching 175 Stories from the Bible (John H. Walton and Kim W. Walton, Crossway, 2010) The Drama of Scripture (Craig G. Bartholomew & Michael W. Goheen, Baker Academic, 2004, 2014) The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament (Sandra Richter, IVP Academic, 2008) How to Read Genesis (Tremper Longman, IVP Academic, 2005) How to Read Exodus (Tremper Longman, IVP Academic, 2009) The Lost World of … (series of books by John H. Walton, Tremper Longman, et. al, IVP Academic) Reading Genesis Well: Navigating History, Poetry, Science, and Truth in Genesis 1-11 (C. John Collins, Zondervan, 2018) © 2024 Young Life

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