The Open Bible Trust Podcast

The ‘I AM Statements of Christ’ - I AM the true vine

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:00:00 GMT

John 15 is a most interesting chapter which features us and the Trinity. If Jesus is the vine and we are the branches, what role does the Father play, and what does the Holy Spirit do?

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The ‘I AM Statements of Christ’ - I AM the way, the truth and the life

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:00:00 GMT

This ‘I AM statement’ was not said to the public, but just to the disciples. Why? And Jesus spoke about ‘My Father’s house’. Was this the temple or an allegorical reference to heaven?

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The ‘I AM Statements of Christ’ - I AM the resurrection and the life

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 09:00:00 GMT

Lazarus was dead, but Jesus declared ‘I AM the resurrection and the life’ to Lazarus’ to his grieving sister, Martha. But did that comfort her? Well ... What He did next certainly did!

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The ‘I AM Statements of Christ’ - I AM the good shepherd

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:00:00 GMT

Having stated that “I AM the gate for the sheep”, Jesus then says “I AM the good shepherd” while, at the same time, accusing the Jewish leaders of being bad shepherds, behaving as hired hands who cared nothing for the sheep.

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The ‘I AM Statements of Christ’ - I AM the gate for the sheep

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 09:00:00 GMT

“I AM the Gate for the Sheep” is one of the less well-known, or popular, I AM statements of Christ. However, the teaching behind it is profound. We find in John 10:1-10.

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The ‘I AM Statements of Christ’ - I AM the light of the world

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:00:00 GMT

When Jesus said “I am the light of the world”, the temple and Jerusalem were lit up by four massive menorahs standing 75 feet high in the Court of the Women. They symbolised the pillar of fire that Israel followed in the wilderness but now … the true “light of the world” was in their midst. Would they follow Him?

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The ‘I AM Statements of Christ’ - I AM the bread of life

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 08:00:00 GMT

“I AM the bread of life” is a well-known saying of Jesus, but what did He mean when He said they had to ‘eat’ His body and ‘drink’ His blood? This is a good discussion of John chapter 6.

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The ‘I AM Statements of Christ’ - The Meaning of 'I AM'

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 08:00:00 GMT

In this opening episode Sylvia Penny interviews W M Henry and Michael Penny and they first discuss the origins of ‘I AM’ in Exodus and its use in Isaiah. Then they consider how Jesus uses the words of Himself and the reaction of the Jewish leadership to Christ claiming to be the great ‘I AM’.

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Discussing Ephesians – Chapter 6:10-24

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 08:00:00 GMT

Christians are told to hold their ground, take a stand and ‘put on the full armour’ of God. But who or what are they to take a stand against, and how does this armour help? And why does Paul ask for prayer?

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Discussing Ephesians – Chapter 6:1-9

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 08:00:00 GMT

Children are told to obey their parent ‘in the Lord’, but what does that mean? And fathers are told to bring children up in ‘ the training and instruction of the Lord’. But what about mothers? Slaves are told to obey their masters as they would obey the Lord, and but how were masters to treat their slaves?

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Discussing Ephesians – Chapter 5:22-33

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 08:00:00 GMT

Paul states that:

a husband is the ‘head’ of the wife; but what does he mean by ‘head’?
wives are told to ‘submit’ to their own husband, but what does he mean by ‘submit’?
and three times husbands are told to ‘love’ their wives, but what does he mean by ‘love’?

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Discussing Ephesians – Chapter 5:1-21

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 09:00:00 GMT

Here we are told to be “imitators of God”! But how do we do that? By living “a life of love” and living as “children of the light”. But what does that involve?

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Discussing Ephesians – Chapter 4:17-32

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 09:00:00 GMT

Paul exhorts his readers to “put off your old self” and “put on your new self”, but what is the “old self” and what is the “new self”? When we understand what these are, we are more likely to “put off” the one and “put on” the other.

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Discussing Ephesians – Chapter 4:11-16

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 09:00:11 GMT

The previous podcast (No. 7) dealt with ‘the unity of the Spirit’. This podcast discusses ‘the unity of the faith’. But what is ‘the unity of the faith’, how does it differ from ‘the unity of the Spirit’ and how are we to attain it?

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Discussing Ephesians – Chapter 4:1-12

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 14:50:11 GMT

Ephesians 4 opens with ‘The Unity of the Spirit’ and we are told to ‘guard’ it , but what is ‘The Unity of the Spirit’ and how are we to ‘guard’ it?

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Discussing Ephesians – Chapter 3:14-21

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 08:00:56 GMT

A great discussion on the great power prayer of Ephesians 3:14-21: power so that Christ will feel at home in our hearts … and power to grasp the extent of Christ’s love.

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Discussing Ephesians – Chapter 3:1-13

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 08:00:54 GMT

Sylvia Penny interviews W M Henry and Michael Penny to explore this explosive passage, something so new to the world at that time. God had made Jewish and Gentile Christians one. They were now equal heirs, equal sharers, equal partakers in the Body of Christ. Wow!

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Discussing Ephesians – Chapter 2:11-22

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 08:00:06 GMT

Ephesians 2:11-22 is a summary of what God did to bring the Jewish Christians and the Gentile Christians of the Acts Period together into one body in Christ, and this podcast is an excellent discussion of the process and consequences of God doing this.

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Discussing Ephesians – Chapter 2:1-10

Mon, 06 May 2024 08:00:59 GMT

The fantastic climax of this passage is that in the coming ages God is going to show us “the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus”. What will that involve?

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Discussing Ephesians – Chapter 1:15-23

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 08:00:58 GMT

These verses contains Paul’s first fantastic prayer for the Ephesians, in which he prays for them to know the hope of His calling, the riches of His inheritance, and the power available to His people.

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Discussing Ephesians – Chapter 1: 1-14

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:00:57 GMT

These verses contain a great hymn of praise to God for all that He has done for us in Christ and through the work of the Holy Spirit.

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Exploring Ecclesiastes - Work, Labour and Toil

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 09:00:15 GMT

W M Henry interviews Sylvia and Michael Penny to discuss work, labour and toil. Is work a necessary evil? Remember … Adam was told to work in Eden even before the Fall, although afterwards it was going to be harder so … Is work a good thing? A gift from God?

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Exploring Ecclesiastes – Money, Wealth and Riches

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 09:00:36 GMT

So what does Ecclesiastes say about money, wealth and riches? What are the advantages of wealth? And what are the disadvantages of having riches? In fact … are there any disadvantages? W M Henry interviews Sylvia and Michael Penny to discuss a subject which is very pertinent to the relatively affluent society in which we live.

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Exploring Ecclesiastes – The Good, the Better and the Best in Ecclesiastes

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:00:46 GMT

W M Henry interviews Sylvia and Michael Penny as they discuss what Ecclesiastes says about what is ‘good’ and what is ‘better’. Although Solomon never uses the word ‘best’, there are some things of which he says ’there is nothing better’. So … what is good? What is better? And what is best?

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Exploring Ecclesiastes – Time and Eternity in Ecclesiastes

Mon, 06 Nov 2023 09:00:14 GMT

Michael and Sylvia Penny, together with W M Henry, discuss the different ways in which Solomon uses the word ‘time’ and explore what he meant when he said that God “had set eternity in the human heart”.

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Exploring Ecclesiastes – The Purpose of Ecclesiastes and “What is Good?”

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 08:00:33 GMT

W M Henry interviews Michael and Sylvia Penny first to discuss Solomon’s purpose in writing Ecclesiastes, and then to ascertain what Solomon considers to be ‘good’ in this life.

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Exploring Ecclesiastes – Who is the Author and What is vanity?

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 08:00:23 GMT

An interesting discussion on the pros and cons of Solomon being the author, followed by another one on the Hebrew word ‘hevel’, often translated ‘vanity’ or ‘meaningless’ but its root meaning is to do with things being ‘transient’ or ‘temporary’ or ‘passing’.

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Looking into Luke - The Resurrection and Ascension

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 08:00:30 GMT

Understandably things were rather chaotic the morning Jesus rose from the dead, and the Gospels reflect this. So … to whom did Jesus appear and when? It is quite difficult to put all His appearances in order. However, He appeared so many times to so many people, that there can be no doubt about it … Christ has risen!

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Looking into Luke - The Trials and The Crucifixion

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 08:00:14 GMT

Peter’s denials followed by the trials before Annas, Caiaphas, Pilate, Herod and back to Pilate, who condemned the Lord to be crucified. But on the cross His concern was for others.

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Looking into Luke - The Last Supper and in the Garden of Gethsemane.

Mon, 01 May 2023 08:00:53 GMT

Jesus changed the Passover Meal from one remembering Moses and their deliverance from Egypt, to one remembering Christ and the deliverance from sin and death. But how did Satan enter Judas? And what happened in the garden? Was Christ praying from deliverance from the cross or deliverance from death in the garden?

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Looking into Luke - The Triumphal Entry and in the Temple

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 08:00:01 GMT

Following His triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Jesus entered the Temple and cast out the money changers and others. This was followed by combative questioning from the Temple authorities, the Pharisees and Sadducees. How did Christ answer them?

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Looking into Luke - The Rich Man and Lazarus

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 09:00:18 GMT

Is this really what goes on after death? Most certainly not! The division of rich and poor, the great gulf between them and Abraham’s bosom, was all Pharisaic teaching. Jesus takes it and throws it back at them and … puts a sting in the tail.

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Looking into Luke - Parables, Parables

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 09:00:20 GMT

What constitutes a ‘parable’? After explaining that, the parables of the Good Samaritan, the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, the Lost Son (should that be sons?) and the Rich Farmer are discussed, before attention is given to the very difficult parable of the Unfaithful Steward.

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Looking into Luke - Beelzebub, Pharisees, Jonah, the fig tree

Mon, 02 Jan 2023 09:00:02 GMT

This podcast covers the accusation that Jesus cast out demons by the power of Beelzebub, the sign of Jonah, the yeast of the Pharisees and judgment upon Israel.

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Looking into Luke - Transfiguration, The 72 & Prayer

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 09:00:39 GMT

This podcast discusses what is recorded in Luke chapters 9, 10 & 11, including why were certain things hid from the disciples, and who was doing the hiding?

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Looking into Luke - The Sermon on The Plain

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 09:00:13 GMT

This podcast looks at Luke’s ‘Sermon on the Plain’ (Luke chapter 6) and compares and contrasts it with Matthew’s longer ‘Sermon on the Mount’.

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Looking into Luke - The Good News of the Kingdom

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 08:00:02 GMT

The Lord Jesus came preaching “the good news of the kingdom”, but what did He mean by the “kingdom”. Having established that, we will be in a better position to understand what “the good news” of the kingdom was.

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Looking into Luke - The Lord’s Early Ministry

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 08:00:16 GMT

Luke chapters 4-6 deal with the early teaching and activities of the Lord Jesus including the calling of the first disciples and, surprisingly, His rejection by the people of Nazareth, His own home town.

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Looking into Luke - Conception, birth & temptations of Jesus

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 08:00:15 GMT

This podcast has some interesting insights into the conception and birth of Jesus, His early years and His genealogy. It concludes with His temptations and has some insightful suggestions as to how we can overcome temptations.

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Looking into Luke - John the Baptist

Mon, 04 Jul 2022 08:00:48 GMT

In this podcast we are first introduced to Luke and Theophilus before looking into the birth, teaching, impact and death of John the Baptist. There is also some discussion as to whether or not he was Elijah.

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Wisdom, Work, The Wise & Unwise

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 08:00:22 GMT

How interested is God in our secular work and our heart? And who are the unwise?

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Wisdom, the Tongue & Pride

Mon, 02 May 2022 08:00:00 GMT

The tongue is one of the smallest parts of the body but it is powerful – for good or for bad. And how does pride affect what we say or how we say it?

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Wisdom & Money

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 08:00:30 GMT

This podcast discusses financial stewardship, at the personal level, and economic justice, at the national level. Are we willing to do the former, but how can we influence the latter?

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Wisdom, Discipline & Adultery

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:00:14 GMT

What is the difference between self-disciple and self-control? Is lack of both one of the underlying causes of some of the problems in our society, especially with respect to the sexual permissiveness and adultery? Wisdom gives some answers on how to exercise self-control and self-discipline and how to avoid temptation.

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Wisdom, Knowledge & the 'Fear' of the Lord

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:00:23 GMT

Proverbs states that the ‘fear’ of the Lord is the beginning of both wisdom and understanding, but how does that work? And what does Proverbs mean by ‘fear’? Also, how does the New Testament relate wisdom to Jesus Christ and creation?

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Wisdom: A woman to be embraced

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 09:00:18 GMT

An introductory discussion of biblical wisdom using the book of Proverbs as its main source. It is interesting that Proverbs describes wisdom as a ‘woman’ to be embraced. What are the benefits of embracing such a woman?

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