# host rev (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover host rev. Page: Feed: --- ## [Matthew 19:13-26: The Impossible](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=128024&preview=true) _2026-08-26 · Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio_ Jesus will not allow His disciples to keep the little children away, because those who enter the kingdom come to Jesus precisely in the dependence and need of such little children. In that context, the rich young man exemplifies the completely wrong approach to Jesus. When this man assumes that his own goodness will earn eternal life, Jesus uses the Law, attempting to lead the man to despair of… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20260825165030-2026-08-26_SI.mp3) ## [Matthew 19:1-12: What God Has Joined Together](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127992&preview=true) _2026-08-25 · Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio_ As Jesus draws closer to Jerusalem, Pharisees ask Jesus to give His opinion in an ongoing debate concerning lawful reasons for divorce. Although their question comes from ill intent, Jesus sees through their test. He points them back to God’s institution of marriage. God designed marriage as the lifelong union of one man and one woman. Although the hardness of sinful hearts may lead to divorce,… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20260825110648-2026-08-25_SI.mp3) ## [Matthew 18:21-35: Forgiven and Forgiving](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127980&preview=true) _2026-08-24 · Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio_ Peter recognizes that Jesus has been teaching about forgiveness, but he has not yet grasped the abundance of God’s mercy. Jesus calls His disciples to forgive freely without measure because God has forgiven us freely without measure. To illustrate this, Jesus tells a parable of a servant whose astronomical debt is forgiven by his master. When that same servant has a fellow servant who owes him a… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20260824103352-2026-08-24_SI.mp3) ## [Zephaniah 2:1-15: Seek the LORD: Before the Decree Takes Effect](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127959&preview=true) _2026-08-21 · Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio_ “Gather together, O shameless nation, before the decree takes effect, before the day passes like chaff.” Zephaniah pleads with Judah to seek the LORD while there is still time. To seek righteousness, seek humility. Why? “Perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the LORD's anger.” Then the oracle sweeps the compass, Philistia to the west, Moab and Ammon to the east, Cush to the south, and at last… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20260821134806-2026-08-21_TSW.mp3) ## [Matthew 18:10-20: Gaining Your Brother Is the Goal](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127956&preview=true) _2026-08-21 · Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio_ Jesus highlights the greatness of His little ones by saying that their angels always see the Father’s face. When Jesus’ disciples focus on their Father, they will share in the concern of the angels for the little ones of Jesus’ kingdom. His care for His little ones shows through His activity as the Good Shepherd who seeks and saves the lost. In the same way, Christians do not neglect sin that… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20260821105007-2026-08-21_SI.mp3) ## [Zephaniah 1:1-18: The Great Day of the LORD: Wrath and Warning](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127938&preview=true) _2026-08-20 · Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio_ "I will utterly sweep away everything from the face of the earth," declares the LORD. In the days King Josiah, Zephaniah speaks God's Word of judgement. Focusing on Judah, he admonishes the worshipers on rooftops bowing to the stars, priests swearing to the YHWH in one breath and by Milcom in the next. His prophecy is clear: the great day of the LORD is near, near and hastening fast, a day of… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20260820121919-2026-08-20_TSW.mp3) ## [Matthew 18:1-9: Like Children](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127935&preview=true) _2026-08-20 · Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio_ Jesus’ disciples show their continued misunderstanding of His teaching by their question concerning greatness in His kingdom. Jesus flips their expectations upside down by placing a child in their midst and telling them that those who are needy and dependent like children are the only ones who enter the kingdom of heaven. This is what the disciples must realize about themselves and each other as… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20260820113259-2026-08-20_SI.mp3) ## [Nahum 3:1-19: No Healing for Nineveh: The End of Cruelty](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127917&preview=true) _2026-08-19 · Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio_ Woe to the bloody city, all full of lies and plunder! Nahum's last chapter moves like the assault itself, the crack of the whip, the rattle of the wheel, the galloping horse and bounding chariot, and then a question: are you better than Thebes? That Egyptian city sat secure behind her waters, and Assyria herself dragged the people of Thebes (No’ ‘Amon) into exile. For Nineveh there is no easing of… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20260819121515-2026-08-19_TSW.mp3) ## [Matthew 17:14-27: Mustard Seed Faith Catches a Money Fish](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127914&preview=true) _2026-08-19 · Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio_ When Jesus descends the mountain of His transfiguration, the nine disciples left below have failed to cast out a demon-possessed boy. After lamenting their lack of faith, Jesus heals the boy and encourages His disciples to have the faith of a mustard seed, that is, faith that grows in trust of His words. Despite Jesus’ teaching, the disciples continue to have distress over His coming suffering,… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20260819100506-2026-08-19_SI.mp3) ## [Nahum 2:1-13: The Siege of Nineveh: What Becomes of the Proud](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127900&preview=true) _2026-08-18 · Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio_ Nahum walks Judah through the fall of Nineveh before it happens: red shields at the wall, chariots flashing through the squares, the river gates thrown open, the palace melting away. Assyria styled her kings as lions and their capital as the den where the prey was dragged home; Nahum asks where the lions' den is now. Behind all the poetry stands the one sentence that decides the outcome: "Behold,… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20260818144659-2026-08-18_TSW.mp3) ## [AI publishing with human taste (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/N2auI13zyCPl) _2026-08-18 · **Sponsored**_ Convert AI research into blogs, podcasts, and newsletters with optional human review. ## [Matthew 17:1-13: O Wondrous Type! O Vision Fair!](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127896&preview=true) _2026-08-18 · Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio_ After Jesus teaches concerning His coming suffering and death, He takes Peter, James, and John up a high mountain, where He shines with the fullness of His divine glory. The presence of Moses and Elijah with Jesus confirms Him as the true God. Peter’s excited but misguided speech is interrupted by the Father’s voice, who commands the disciples to listen to Jesus. Their terror is met by Jesus’… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20260818142456-2026-08-18_SI.mp3) ## [Nahum 1:1-15: The LORD Is Good: A Stronghold in the Day of Trouble](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127884&preview=true) _2026-08-17 · Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio_ Nineveh heard Jonah preach and they repented, but over a century later the cruelty was back in force. So Nahum opens with who God is: jealous and avenging, slow to anger and great in power, one who will by no means clear the guilty, whose way is in whirlwind and storm. In the middle of the storm stands verse 7: the LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, and He knows those who take… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20260817165747-2026-08-17_TSW.mp3) ## [Matthew 16:21-28: Dying to Follow Jesus](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127881&preview=true) _2026-08-17 · Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio_ After Peter’s glorious confession, Jesus makes sure His disciples know what it means for Him to be the Christ. As the Anointed One of God, Jesus must go to Jerusalem to suffer, die, and rise. Peter and the other disciples cannot fathom this, and Peter has the audacity to take Jesus aside and correct Him. Jesus puts this satanic temptation behind Him and tells His disciples to focus on the things… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20260817164013-2026-08-17_SI.mp3) ## [Joel 3:1-21: The Lord Roars from Zion: Judgment and Refuge](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127861&preview=true) _2026-08-14 · Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio_ God gathers the nations into the valley of Jehoshaphat and reads the charges: they scattered His people, divided His land, cast lots for captives, traded a boy for a prostitute, and sold a girl for wine. Then a line every listener knows arrives in reverse: beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. The LORD roars from Zion, the heavens and the earth quake, and in the same… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20260814120748-2026-08-14_TSW.mp3) ## [Matthew 16:13-20: Built on the Rock the Church Shall Stand](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127858&preview=true) _2026-08-14 · Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio_ In a pagan area away from Jerusalem, Jesus questions His disciples concerning what others say about Himself. While the answers given include elements of truth, none are complete. Jesus turns the question to the disciples themselves. Who do THEY say Jesus is? Peter speaks up for the whole group with a confession of faith that comes not from Peter’s wisdom but from God’s revelation. Jesus promises… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20260813162625-2026-08-14_SI.mp3) ## [Joel 2:18-32: I Will Pour Out My Spirit: God's Promise of Restoration](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127846&preview=true) _2026-08-13 · Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio_ Verse 18 reveals, “The LORD became jealous for His land and had pity on His people.” Grain, wine, and oil come back, and with them God’s promise that He will restore the years that the swarming locust has eaten along with the fields. The promise then expands: “I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy; and everyone who calls on the name of the LORD shall… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20260813133833-2026-08-13_TSW.mp3) ## [Matthew 16:1-12: Leaven Doesn’t Know What Time It Is](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127844&preview=true) _2026-08-13 · Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio_ The Pharisees and Sadducees continue to refuse to believe in Jesus, and they insincerely ask Him for a sign. Jesus rebukes them for knowing how to recognize the coming weather but for failing to recognize the coming of the Christ. Therefore, Jesus refuses them a sign other than the one He has already offered, the sign of Jonah. The disciples miss what Jesus means when He speaks of the leaven of… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20260813111853-2026-08-13_SI.mp3) ## [Joel 2:1-17: Rend Your Hearts: The Call to Return to the Lord](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127832&preview=true) _2026-08-12 · Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio_ Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain. The army Joel saw in chapter 1 now darkens the whole horizon, and at the head of it the LORD utters His voice; the swarm turns out to be His. That is what makes the appeal in verse 12 possible: return to me with all your heart. Rend your hearts and not your garments, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20260812135018-2026-08-12_TSW.mp3) ## [Matthew 15:29-39: De Ja Vu All Over Again](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127829&preview=true) _2026-08-12 · Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio_ Jesus continues His compassionate ministry in Galilee by teaching and healing great crowds. As they come to Him with great urgency, Jesus heals their disabilities. As the crowds glorify the God of Israel, Jesus tells the disciples His will of feeding the crowds. The disciples forget Jesus’ recent miracle of feeding a large crowd, but their faltering faith does not prevent Jesus from accomplishing… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20260812112713-2026-08-12_SI.mp3) ## [Joel 1:1-20: When the Locusts Come: Repentance in the Day of Devastation](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127819&preview=true) _2026-08-11 · Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio_ The book of Joel begins in a year everyone in Judah would remember. Locusts had come through in wave after wave and eaten the harvest down to nothing, and the priests had no grain and no wine left to bring to the altar. Joel summons the land group by group: drunkards to wake and weep, farmers to wail over the wheat, priests to spend the night in sackcloth. Then he calls all of them to the house of… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20260811150731-2026-08-11_TSW.mp3) ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/zU3Yckl49c5F) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [Matthew 15:21-28: The Son of David Has Mercy on Dogs](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127816&preview=true) _2026-08-11 · Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio_ Historically, the people of Tyre and Sidon were enemies of God’s people. It’s no wonder, then, that the Evangelist draws our attention to the presence of a Canaanite woman there who confesses the truth about Jesus as the Son of David as she prays for His mercy upon her daughter. Jesus’ seemingly enigmatic responses throughout teach His disciples about the nature of His ultimate ministry to… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20260811142339-2026-08-11_SI.mp3) ## [Obadiah: The Kingdom Shall Be the LORD's](https://www.kfuo.org/2026/08/10/thy-strong-word-081026-obadiah-the-kingdom-shall-be-the-lords/) _2026-08-10 · Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio_ Obadiah addresses Edom, the nation descended from Esau. When Babylon sacked Jerusalem, Edom stood at the crossroads and watched his brother burn, then gloated, looted, and cut down the refugees who ran. Safe on the high rock, Edom asked, "Who will bring me down to the ground?" God, through the prophet Obadiah, answers him. The answer widens past Edom to every nation and ends on Mount Zion, where… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20260812111716-2026-08-10_TSW.mp3) ## [NEW SERIES: Minor Prophets](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127808&preview=true) _2026-08-10 · Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio_ Edom stands at the crossroads and watches his brother Judah dragged off in chains, and Obadiah announces that the day of the LORD is coming for the bystander, too. Joel sees a locust swarm strip a nation bare in a single season, calls the people to rend their hearts and not their garments, and promises a Spirit poured out on all flesh. Nahum returns to Nineveh a century after Jonah's revival, and… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20260811114014-TSWMINORPROPHETSPROMO_2026.mp3) ## [Matthew 15:1-20: Handwashing Doesn’t Make You Righteous](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127801&preview=true) _2026-08-10 · Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio_ The opposition against Jesus escalates when the Pharisees and scribes criticize Jesus’ disciples for not washing their hands. Although the man-made traditions surrounding God’s Law may have had good intentions, Jesus rebukes these men who have let their traditions replace God’s Word. To the entire crowd, Jesus teaches that true uncleanness comes not from without but from within. Jesus patiently… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20260810105826-2026-08-10_SI.mp3) ## [Free-Text First Friday: Heart Languages and Translation](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127789&preview=true) _2026-08-07 · Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio_ On this Free-Text First Friday we take up translation and the teaching of Scripture, with Nehemiah 8 as our guide. Ezra reads the Torah aloud, and thirteen Levites go out into the crowd to give the sense so the people understand. That same work continues today through the Lutheran Heritage Foundation, which puts the books of our confession into the languages people actually pray in. And all of it… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20260807173128-2026-08-07_TSW.mp3) ## [Matthew 14:22-36: Walking on Water](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127769&preview=true) _2026-08-07 · Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio_ When Jesus sends His disciples across the sea by boat, He dismisses the crowds and goes by Himself to pray. As the disciples’ boat goes with difficulty across the sea, Jesus walks on the water to them, showing Himself to be the Maker and Ruler of all creation. The disciples initially react in fear, but Jesus takes away their fear by His Word. He answers Peter's bold request to walk on the water,… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20260807104843-2026-08-07_SI.mp3) ## [Acts 28:1-31: From the Snakebite to Rome](https://www.kfuo.org/?p=127758&preview=true) _2026-08-06 · Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio_ In this last chapter of Acts, Paul comes ashore on Malta and is bitten by a viper while putting wood on a fire, and the islanders conclude he is a murderer getting what he deserves. When he does not die they decide he is a god. He winters on the island, heals the father of the leading man there, and sails for Italy in the spring. He reaches Rome in custody and spends two years in a rented house at… [Listen](https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20260806122045-2026-08-06_TSW.mp3)