

Clearly with Jimmy & Kelly Needham
Jimmy & Kelly Needham
Tackling the complex, confusing, and controversial stuff of the Bible and life.That pretty much sums up what we do here on Clearly: Helping demystify the Bible so you can discover the big-dealness of God. Cause when He becomes everything, everything gets better.Critically (really, they were very, very critical) acclaimed recording artist and pastor Jimmy Needham has always been drawn to things others overlook.His wife, author and speaker Kelly Needham, is a Bible teacher at heart. Join one or both of them each week for a dive into the parts of the Bible that scare you off and the areas of your spiritual life you’ve been avoiding. You just might find what was once blurry is coming into focus.
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May 7, 2024 • 31min
Grammar School
Here’s a good rule of thumb: If you want to understand God’s Word, you first have to understand God’s words. Today we slow down over a few verses in 1 John as Kelly gives us some great study tools to understand this beautiful but tricky passage. So, what say you? Wanna diagram a sentence together?Additional resources:Our sponsor: BetterMan.comGood and Angry by David PowlisonKelly has a series of blog posts breaking down how to know God’s Word. Be sure to check them out on her website at kellyneedham.com/knowthewordWe couldn’t answer every question about this passage but we certainly hope we helped! Want to ask more questions? Email question@clearlypodcast.com.Join our Patreon team & be part of our live audience Sign up for our free newsletter: jimmyandkelly.com/subscribe

Apr 30, 2024 • 30min
Everyone Loves Wrath!
The wrath of God gets a bad rap. So it may surprise you that you actually love it more than you think. Let us prove it to you on today’s episode where we explore a passage that has never ever made it onto the side of a coffee mug…Nahum 1.We couldn’t answer every question about this passage but we certainly hope that we helped! Want to ask more questions? Email question@jimmyandkelly.com.Our sponsor: BetterMan.comJoin our Patreon team & be part of our live audienceSign up for our free newsletter: www.jimmyandkelly.com

Apr 23, 2024 • 30min
The Only Thing Worse Than the End of the World
What could possibly be more horrifying than the end of everything? ANSWER: ...yeah right, like we're gonna give it away here. Join J&K today as we jump into one of the toughest books around (Revelation) to answer that question. Fact: What we discover in this episode may be the key to understanding every hard passage in the Bible. We couldn’t answer every question about this passage but we hope we helped! Want to ask more questions? Email question@jimmyandkelly.com.Our sponsor: www.BetterMan.comJoin our Patreon team & be part of our live audienceSign up for our free newsletter: www.jimmyandkelly.com/subscribe

Apr 16, 2024 • 29min
Prepare to Be Disappointed
Passage: Ecclesiastes 6:1-9…not by this episode. By your desires. Sit with us at the feet of a VERY disappointed man, King Solomon, as he laments…well…everything. Oh yeah, in this episode we also discover that Kelly is the better Christian (as if we didn't know that already). Ok, there’s more but you gotta listen to the show for that.We couldn’t answer every question about this passage but we certainly hope it helped! Want to ask more questions? Email question@jimmyandkelly.com.Join our Patreon team & be part of our live audienceSign up for our free newsletter: www.jimmyandkelly.com/subscribe

Apr 9, 2024 • 31min
Jesus's Awkward Ancestry.com Results
Jimmy can sing the genealogy of Jesus. The end. Thank you all for coming! 👋Just kidding…Today we’re discussing the genealogy of Jesus Christ from Abraham to Joseph!Questions we ask ourselves after a passage like this:- Why should we care about genealogies? Why do they matter?- Why memorize the genealogy of Jesus Christ?- Why is Joseph included in Jesus’ genealogy?We couldn’t answer every question about this passage but we certainly hope that we helped! Want to ask more questions? Email question@jimmyandkelly.com.Additional resources:Our sponsor: BetterMan.comSearch for the post “Word Pictures” in the blog section on our website!Join our Patreon team & be part of our live audienceSign up for our free newsletter: www.jimmyandkelly.com/subscribe

Apr 2, 2024 • 33min
The Road to Child Sacrifice is Paved With Good Intentions
Fun fact, you shouldn't do everything you read in the Bible. There is some pretty messed up stuff in there!This brings up an important question: How do I know if the Bible is telling me to do something (prescriptive) or if it is just describing something that happened (descriptive)? Let's talk about it and delve into some big no-nos found in scripture.We couldn’t answer every question about this passage but we certainly hope that we helped! Want to ask more questions? Email question@jimmyandkelly.com.Additional resources:Read here on why repentance should be proactive.If this episode made you think, we encourage you to read “God is Unfair” by Kelly. Working through Matthew 20, Kelly guides us to see just how lovingly unfair God is toward us sinners.Join our Patreon team & be part of our live audienceSign up for our free newsletter: https://www.jimmyandkelly.com/subscribe

Mar 26, 2024 • 30min
Satan is God’s Tool
Hey friends, it's just another Clearly episode talking about wrath, satan, and God sending an evil spirit to torment someone. While that might make you dolorous (Jimmy likes big words), this stuff's in your Bible, so let’s wrestle with it!We couldn’t answer every question about this passage but we certainly hope that we helped! Want to ask more questions? Email question@jimmyandkelly.com.Additional resources:Our sponsor: BetterMan.comWe answered some challenging questions about Satan in our Job study: Watch it here.Want a whole episode on Satanology? Check that out here!Join our Patreon team & be part of our live audience Sign up for our free newsletter: www.jimmyandkelly.com

Mar 19, 2024 • 30min
Main Character Ick
“Jacob I loved and Esau I hated.” That’s right; it's the verse you see on every mug, bumper sticker, and family Christmas card. It’s time to get uncomfy and question our worldview. Praise God we are not the Hero cus we make pretty bad ones!Still too comfortable? Let's study election even more!Jump in here to further wreck/fix how you think about yourself:Apple Spotify Youtube

Mar 12, 2024 • 30min
Prophecy, Interpretation, and Prosperity Gospel
Do you enjoy running head-long into pain and suffering? Do you go against your friends when they say they have a word from God? Is your name Paul? If you answered yes to all three, this episode isn’t for you. Otherwise, jump into today's passage as we wrestle with prophecy, interpretation, and how we are all bent toward the prosperity gospel if we're not careful. Need a little more about pain and suffering? Join us as we discuss who is behind our suffering!AppleSpotifyYoutube---- Join our email list: jimmyandkelly.com/subscribeJoin the team

Mar 5, 2024 • 33min
God Gets Emotional
All up in the feels today, folks! Not ours, God’s. Everyone wants to talk about their feelings, but let's take a second and listen to what God feels in the book of Hosea. Plus, we learn a new fun nerd word: Impassibility!Hey, remember when we talked about a specific emotion (fear) and God?You can take a listen to that episode here:AppleSpotifyYoutube----Join our email list: jimmyandkelly.com/subscribe Join the team


