The Bible Project Daily Podcast

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The Bible Project Daily Podcast is an in-depth, daily study of the entire Bible, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. 
This is part two of a single, longer recording and message based on this one passage of scripture. Full transcript for both episodes is with part 1.
Episode Notes: Why Do People Go to Church? (Ephesians 1: 3-14)
Why do people go to church?
It’s a question we rarely ask out loud, but it sits quietly beneath the surface of every church on every Sunday morning.
Some people go because they always have, and their parents went. Some go because they feel they ought to. Some go because they’re lonely and some go because they’re hurting.
Some go because they’re hungry, not for food, but for meaning, for hope, for God.
…. And some — if we’re honest — aren’t entirely sure why they go at all.
But Paul, in Ephesians 1:3–14, gives us an answer that is far deeper, far richer, far more beautiful than any of those surface‑level reasons. He tells us that the reason we gather, the reason we worship, the reason we belong to a church at all… is because God has done something astonishing for us in Christ.

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The Bible Project Daily Podcast is an in-depth, daily study of the entire Bible, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. 
Episode Notes: Why Do People Go to Church? (Ephesians 1: 3-14)
Why do people go to church?
It’s a question we rarely ask out loud, but it sits quietly beneath the surface of every church on every Sunday morning.
Some people go because they always have, and their parents went. Some go because they feel they ought to. Some go because they’re lonely and some go because they’re hurting.
Some go because they’re hungry, not for food, but for meaning, for hope, for God.
…. And some — if we’re honest — aren’t entirely sure why they go at all.
But Paul, in Ephesians 1:3–14, gives us an answer that is far deeper, far richer, far more beautiful than any of those surface‑level reasons. He tells us that the reason we gather, the reason we worship, the reason we belong to a church at all… is because God has done something astonishing for us in Christ.
This is part one of a single, longer recording and message based on this one passage of scripture.
Support the show
This podcast is not associated with the Bible Project YouTube channel or any other associated podcasts that use the name 'Bible Project'. It is entirely the work of Jeremy R McCandless...
Follow and support me on Patreon.
Jeremy McCandless | Creating Podcasts and Bible Study Resources | Patreon
To receive my weekly newsletter and keep up to date with all five of my podcasts, subscribe at:
Jeremy McCandless | Substack
Check out my other Podcasts.
My History of the Christian Church: https://thehistoryofthechristianchurch.buzzsprout.com
The L.I.F.E. Podcast: (Philosophy and current trends in the Arts and Entertainment Podcast).
https://the-living-in-faith-everyday-podcast.buzzsprout.com
The Renewed Mind Podcast. My Psychology and Mental Health Podcast:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568891
The Classic Literature Podcast:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568906
To visit my Author page on Amazon and view my entire back catalogue of books on both Amazon and Kindle, and now also on Audible, Visit:
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The Bible Project Daily Podcast is an in-depth, daily study of the entire Bible, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. 

Episode Notes: Blessing God by Blessing Each Other. (Eph 1: 3)
We now arrive at one of the most breathtaking transitions in all of Paul’s writings.
After the greeting — those gentle words of grace and peace — Paul takes a deep breath, lifts his eyes, and launches into a sentence so long, so rich, so overflowing with praise that in the original Greek it runs for 202 uninterrupted words.
And it all begins with this:
We are…. “In Christ.”
This is not a metaphor. Nor is it a poetic flourish or some sort of a spiritual slogan…. This is about the change of our humanity…..
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This podcast is not associated with the Bible Project YouTube channel or any other associated podcasts that use the name 'Bible Project'. It is entirely the work of Jeremy R McCandless...
Follow and support me on Patreon.
Jeremy McCandless | Creating Podcasts and Bible Study Resources | Patreon
To receive my weekly newsletter and keep up to date with all five of my podcasts, subscribe at:
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Check out my other Podcasts.
My History of the Christian Church: https://thehistoryofthechristianchurch.buzzsprout.com
The L.I.F.E. Podcast: (Philosophy and current trends in the Arts and Entertainment Podcast).
https://the-living-in-faith-everyday-podcast.buzzsprout.com
The Renewed Mind Podcast. My Psychology and Mental Health Podcast:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568891
The Classic Literature Podcast:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568906
To visit my Author page on Amazon and view my entire back catalogue of books on both Amazon and Kindle, and now also on Audible, Visit:
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The Bible Project Daily Podcast is an in-depth, daily study of the entire Bible, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. 

Episode Notes: A Good Place to Start (Ephesians 1: 1-3)
If the last episode was about lifting our eyes to the vast landscape of Paul’s world and God’s eternal purposes, today is about taking that first quiet step into the text itself. And truly, this is a good place to start because Paul begins not with instruction, not with correction, not with urgency, but with blessing.
He begins with grace.
He begins with peace.
He begins with identity, and that’s where we begin too….
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This podcast is not associated with the Bible Project YouTube channel or any other associated podcasts that use the name 'Bible Project'. It is entirely the work of Jeremy R McCandless...
Follow and support me on Patreon.
Jeremy McCandless | Creating Podcasts and Bible Study Resources | Patreon
To receive my weekly newsletter and keep up to date with all five of my podcasts, subscribe at:
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Check out my other Podcasts.
My History of the Christian Church: https://thehistoryofthechristianchurch.buzzsprout.com
The L.I.F.E. Podcast: (Philosophy and current trends in the Arts and Entertainment Podcast).
https://the-living-in-faith-everyday-podcast.buzzsprout.com
The Renewed Mind Podcast. My Psychology and Mental Health Podcast:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568891
The Classic Literature Podcast:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568906
To visit my Author page on Amazon and view my entire back catalogue of books on both Amazon and Kindle, and now also on Audible, Visit:
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The Bible Project Daily Podcast is an in-depth, daily study of the entire Bible, chapter by chapter, verse by verse. 

Episode Notes:  Stepping Into Ephesus. Ephesians, Introduction and Overview.
A messenger has arrived from far away. He carries a letter. Not just any letter, a letter from a man they have heard about but never met. A man whose reputation has travelled farther than he ever could. A man who has been beaten, shipwrecked, imprisoned, and yet somehow is still shaping the world.
 The letter is opened.
And the room falls silent.
 This is the moment the church in Ephesus first heard the words we now call Ephesians. A letter that would outlive empires, reshape theology, and call believers across centuries to live in the light of their calling.
 And today, we begin that journey together through that letter.
Support the show
This podcast is not associated with the Bible Project YouTube channel or any other associated podcasts that use the name 'Bible Project'. It is entirely the work of Jeremy R McCandless...
Follow and support me on Patreon.
Jeremy McCandless | Creating Podcasts and Bible Study Resources | Patreon
To receive my weekly newsletter and keep up to date with all five of my podcasts, subscribe at:
Jeremy McCandless | Substack
Check out my other Podcasts.
My History of the Christian Church: https://thehistoryofthechristianchurch.buzzsprout.com
The L.I.F.E. Podcast: (Philosophy and current trends in the Arts and Entertainment Podcast).
https://the-living-in-faith-everyday-podcast.buzzsprout.com
The Renewed Mind Podcast. My Psychology and Mental Health Podcast:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568891
The Classic Literature Podcast:
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2568906
To visit my Author page on Amazon and view my entire back catalogue of books on both Amazon and Kindle, and now also on Audible, Visit:
Amazon.com: Jeremy R Mccandless: books, biography, latest...