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David Pawson - ’Unlocking the Bible’ Podcast

David Pawson Ministry

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A UNIQUE OVERVIEW OF THE WHOLE BIBLE. Bringing together a lifetime’s worth of insights into the meaning of Bible events and teaching. This is a fantastic opportunity to get to grips with the Bible as a whole. Taking an overview of the epic story of God’s relationship with His people, Unlocking the Bible avoids close verse by verse analysis in order to give a real sense of the sweep of Biblical history and its implications for our lives.

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Charts and diagrams to accompany these series are available to download from https://www.davidpawson.com/downloads/UTB_Charts_diagrams.pdf or to purchase in book format from https://www.amazon.com/dp/191117317

There are also videos that can be downloaded/streamed as well as other resources for free from https://www.davidpawson.co.uk/resources/unlocking-the-bible/ or https://www.davidpawson.org/ and also on the YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/DavidPawsonMinistry They can also be purchased from https://www.davidpawson.com/

About David Pawson: A speaker cum author with uncompromising faithfulness to the Holy Scriptures, David brings clarity and a message of urgency to Christians to uncover hidden treasures in God’s Word. Born in England in 1930, David began his career with a degree in Agriculture from Durham University. When God intervened and called him to become a Minister, he completed an MA in Theology at Cambridge University and served as a Chaplain in the Royal Air Force for 3 years. He moved on to pastor several churches including the Millmead Centre in Guildford which became a model for many UK church leaders. In 1979, the Lord led him into an international ministry. His current itinerant ministry is predominantly to church leaders. Over the years, he has written a large number of books, booklets, and daily reading notes. His extensive and very accessible overviews of the books of the Bible have been published and recorded in ‘Unlocking the Bible’. Millions of copies of his teachings have been distributed in more than 120 countries, providing a solid biblical foundation.

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  1. Old Testament Overview - Unlocking The Bible

    · 40 min · Episode 1

    Part 1 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series The Old Testament is actually a library of 39 books written over a period of 1000 years with most of it covering 2000 years of history before Christ.…

  2. Genesis - part 1 - The Basic Book - Unlocking The Bible

    · 40 min · Episode 2

    Part 2 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says, the first book in the bible, Genesis, is the foundational book for the whole Bible - the key that unlocks the rest of the Bible. Jesus…

  3. Genesis - part 2 - Creator & Creation - Unlocking The Bible

    · 38 min · Episode 3

    Part 3 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says God wanted the story of creation to reach everybody in every time and in every place, so he made it utterly simple. So Genesis 1 was…

  4. Genesis - part 3 - Creatures & Evolution - Unlocking The Bible

    · 44 min · Episode 4

    Part 4 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson notes a radical shift in style, content and viewpoint from Genesis chapter 1 to chapter 2. In chapter 1, God was the centre and everything…

  5. Genesis - part 4 - Eden to Babylon - Unlocking The Bible

    · 40 min · Episode 5

    Part 5 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says, when God finished creating our world, He said that’s very good. Genesis 3 tells us what went wrong and when. Satan went for Eve as…

  6. Genesis - part 5 - Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - Unlocking The Bible

    · 40 min · Episode 6

    Part 6 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series Looking at Genesis, David Pawson says, the God of the Jews is the God of the Universe - The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The Bible is not God’s…

  7. Genesis - part 6 - Joseph and Jesus - Unlocking The Bible

    · 37 min · Episode 7

    Part 7 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson, looking into Genesis, notes that Joseph is the 4th generation - great-grandson of Abraham. There is a clear pattern. The natural heir does…

  8. Exodus - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 40 min · Episode 8

    Part 8 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson finds Exodus is the story of the biggest escape in history. Over 2 million Hebrew slaves escape from one of the most highly fortified…

  9. Exodus - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 41 min · Episode 9

    Part 9 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says that the book of Exodus is central to the old testament. All the books after Exodus look back to Exodus as the redemption on which…

  10. Leviticus - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 40 min · Episode 10

    Part 10 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson concedes that Leviticus is difficult to read as it lacks narrative and features a different and unfamiliar culture; but there is more of…

  11. Leviticus - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 35 min · Episode 11

    Part 11 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series The most important things for Christians to read in Leviticus as they keep reappearing in the New Testament, are: “Be holy for I am holy” and “Love your…

  12. Numbers - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 37 min · Episode 12

    Part 12 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series The book of Numbers starts and ends with a census of all the men over 20. There were about 600,000 both times. God was not blessing them because when…

  13. Numbers - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 40 min · Episode 13

    Part 13 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson looks at the narrative part of numbers which turns from the divine word to the human deeds, from what the Hebrews should do to what they…

  14. Deuteronomy - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 38 min · Episode 14

    Part 14 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson explains that in Deuteronomy God’s law had to be repeated for a new generation as almost every adult who had come out of Egypt had died.…

  15. Deuteronomy - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 40 min · Episode 15

    Part 15 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson examines Moses’ speeches to his people in Deuteronomy before they enter the Promised Land. Their parents’ lack of faith had delayed their…

  16. Joshua - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 39 min · Episode 16

    Part 16 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson looks at Joshua, the 6th book in the Old Testament which seems to follow directly on from Deuteronomy but for Jews there is a profound…

  17. Joshua - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 41 min · Episode 17

    Part 17 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series Looking at the book of Joshua, David Pawson points out that the first two towns the Israelites came to are written about a lot because of their…

  18. Judges and Ruth - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 44 min · Episode 18

    Part 18 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson makes history interesting. Looking at the books of Judges and Ruth, he shows that there are 4 levels of studying history. 1) Important…

  19. Judges and Ruth - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 37 min · Episode 19

    Part 19 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series In the book of Judges, David Pawson observes that God is very prominent even though the people are in a downward spiral. He heard their prayers and sent…

  20. 1 Samuel - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 40 min · Episode 20

    Part 20 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series In this first talk by David Pawson on 1 and 2 Samuel, David gives us an overview so that we know the ‘shape’ of the story and how it develops. The two…

  21. 2 Samuel - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 38 min · Episode 21

    Part 21 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson, in this 2nd talk on Samuel, points out that there are 6 different levels at which you can read Bible stories and it’s important that we…

  22. 1 Kings - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 37 min · Episode 22

    Part 22 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says other history may be interesting, but the history of Israel is vital for the whole of mankind. From the height of success, the times…

  23. 2 Kings - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 40 min · Episode 23

    Part 23 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson observes that the book of Kings begins with King Solomon who began well by asking for wisdom, so God gave him everything he didn’t ask for…

  24. 1 & 2 Chronicles - Unlocking The Bible

    · 41 min · Episode 24

    Part 24 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson explains that, though there is much repetition in the books of Kings and Chronicles, one is viewed as a prophetic book and the other not,…

  25. Ezra and Nehemiah - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 34 min · Episode 25

    Part 25 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series In looking at Ezra and Nehemiah, David Pawson gives the background of the 3 deportations which Israel had suffered under Assyria and Babylon, and the 3…

  26. Ezra and Nehemiah - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 31 min · Episode 26

    Part 26 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series In this talk, David Pawson gives more emphasis to the book of Nehemiah – the story of the man of prayer and faith given permission to return to…

  27. Esther - Unlocking The Bible

    · 38 min · Episode 27

    Part 27 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says there are few books of the Bible set outside the Promised Land, Esther being one. They tell us how Jews behaved when they were in…

  28. Job - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 41 min · Episode 28

    Part 28 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson warns against quoting verses out of context because, in a book such as Job, you may be quoting one of Job’s friends when they were wrong…

  29. Job - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 42 min · Episode 29

    Part 29 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says that the book of Job consists largely of two debates, one in heaven and one on earth. As in any particular case of suffering, nobody…

  30. Hebrew Poetry - Unlocking The Bible

    · 35 min · Episode 30

    Part 30 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series Why is it important to have a Bible which shows the difference between poetry and prose? Because, as Hebrew poetry differs from English poetry, it would…

  31. Psalms - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 40 min · Episode 31

    Part 31 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says that, though the Psalms were written over a period of a thousand years, and two and a half thousand years ago, they speak to us as…

  32. Psalms - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 42 min · Episode 32

    Part 32 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series In this talk, David Pawson looks at groups of psalms which should be taken together. Psalms 96 to 99 have the theme: God is King; 113 to 118 are sung…

  33. Proverbs - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 37 min · Episode 33

    Part 33 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says, when you first read the book of Proverbs, it seems to be a jumble of folk sayings or just common sense - except that sense isn’t all…

  34. Proverbs - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 33 min · Episode 34

    Part 34 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David discusses the decisions we have to make in life and the advice given in Proverbs relates to making wise choices in the large and small aspects of…

  35. Ecclesiastes - Unlocking The Bible

    · 39 min · Episode 35

    Part 35 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series We disagree with some of Ecclesiastes as the author has reached the end of his life and is disappointed, disillusioned and depressed. It doesn’t mean…

  36. Song of Solomon - Unlocking The Bible

    · 38 min · Episode 36

    Part 36 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson explores the reasons for the Song of Songs being in our Bibles. It has no mention of God or anything of a particularly spiritual nature,…

  37. Isaiah - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 41 min · Episode 37

    Part 37 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson shows the surprising parallel between the chapters of Isaiah and the composition of the entire Bible. Isaiah is the Bible in miniature. But…

  38. Isaiah - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 35 min · Episode 38

    Part 38 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says Isaiah is a collection of prophecies made over 40 years and is not ordered, so he gives the ‘shape’ of the book to help with our…

  39. Jeremiah - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 38 min · Episode 39

    Part 39 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson shows that there is sunshine in Jeremiah as well as cloud. David identifies with the author and he shows why this book should be read and…

  40. Jeremiah - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 38 min · Episode 40

    Part 40 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says that when Jeremiah looks further into the future, he has a lovely optimism about the ultimate restoration of his people. David looks…

  41. Lamentations - Unlocking The Bible

    · 38 min · Episode 41

    Part 41 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says that Lamentations was written by Jeremiah in tears over the state of his people. As a matter of fact, in the Greek translation of the…

  42. Ezekiel - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 35 min · Episode 42

    Part 42 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson takes time to explain the background to Ezekiel as he says it is probably the most neglected part of the Old Testament and also difficult.…

  43. Ezekiel - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 40 min · Episode 43

    Part 43 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson begins this talk with the call of Ezekiel. He could not fulfil his priestly role because he was in exile from Israel in Babylon. Now the…

  44. Ezekiel - part 3 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 39 min · Episode 44

    Part 44 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series In this 3rd talk in the series on Ezekiel, David Pawson deals with the later messages the prophet had for his people in exile in Babylon. God assures…

  45. Daniel - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 36 min · Episode 45

    Part 45 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series Much of Daniel is well known but David Pawson explains the more difficult passages. Because the Bible is a divine book penned by human beings, the…

  46. Daniel - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 40 min · Episode 46

    Part 46 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson unravels the second half of the book of Daniel as it is very difficult to understand. This section is primarily for God’s people, having…

  47. Hosea - Unlocking The Bible

    · 34 min · Episode 47

    Part 47 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series Hosea was the prophet who gave God’s final appeal to the Jews to repent of their unfaithfulness to him. God’s relationship with Israel was one of…

  48. Obadiah and Joel - part 1 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 39 min · Episode 48

    Part 48 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says that, though some of the Minor Prophets occupy just one page in our Bibles, they are very important. “Minor” refers to the size of the…

  49. Obadiah and Joel - part 2 - Unlocking The Bible

    · 42 min · Episode 49

    Part 49 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson says that Joel agreed with Obadiah that the Day of the Lord would settle accounts, but Joel warned Israel that they would be included. This…

  50. Amos - Unlocking The Bible

    · 39 min · Episode 50

    Part 50 of the David Pawson 'Unlocking the Bible' Podcast series David Pawson looks at what God was doing in the 8th Century B.C., in particular with prophets Amos and Hosea. God’s great plan was to win the world back…

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