Calvary Live Podcast Is there a proper way to read the Bible? | 2/16/2026
Feb 20, 2026
A conversational look at whether there is a proper way to read the Bible, with practical steps for beginners and returning readers. Discussion includes recommended starting books, routines, reading tips, journaling, and study Bible use. Calls and prayers touch on prodigals, financial needs, healing, and spiritual assurance about life after death.
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Pray A 31 Day Scripture Prayers For Prodigals
- Use a 31-day prodigal prayer list: 31 scripture-based prayers with blanks to insert your loved one's name.
- Calvary will email this resource if you text prayer@calvaryco.church to receive it.
Host's Personal Prodigal Testimony
- Josh shared his own prodigal experience as a pastor's kid who walked away before encountering Jesus personally.
- He used that testimony to encourage parents like Vanessa trusting God to draw prodigals back.
To Be Absent From The Body Is To Be With The Lord
- 2 Corinthians 5:8 teaches that believers who die are immediately present with the Lord, refuting soul sleep and purgatory.
- Josh used Paul and Spurgeon to show heaven's essence is being with Christ, not rituals or waiting.
