Glenn Smith and Steve Allem
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Slow Bible study with serious practical weight.
Reasoning Through the Bible is a patient Bible study series centered on close reading and direct application. Glenn and Steve work through passages from books such as James and Joel, slowing down for hard questions about faith, works, worldliness, trials, judgment, and holiness.
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Reasoning Through the Bible is a Christian Bible study shaped around patient movement through the text. It favors sequence over spectacle. Episodes typically begin by naming the book and passage, then settle into a pattern of reading, review, explanation, and application. Glenn often leads the flow, asking the question that gives the session its direction. Steve answers in measured paragraphs, adding context, examples, or a second angle before the discussion returns to the verse at hand. The show is especially comfortable with passages that demand moral clarity. In James, that means trials, wisdom, favoritism, faith and works, quarrels, worldliness, legalism, humility, and the danger of wasting a brief life on selfish aims. These are not treated as abstract themes. The speakers repeatedly bring them into churches, families, personal habits, and the listener's own motives. The tone is sober, but not cold. Warnings about sin and judgment sit beside reminders of grace, confession, forgiveness, and God's action toward those who humble themselves. The show also makes room for doctrinal precision, especially when a passage has been debated. Its treatment of faith and works, for example, aims to separate the question of salvation from the usefulness and visible effect of faith. Old Testament material receives the same deliberate attention. In Joel, harvest language becomes a way to discuss nations, judgment, and restoration rather than a decorative image. Reasoning Through the Bible is best understood as a serious study table: open Bible, recurring cross-references, clear convictions, and steady pressure toward lived obedience.
Made for: Best for Christians who want orderly, passage-by-passage teaching and are comfortable with a text-centered approach. It suits listeners who prefer careful explanation, doctrinal clarity, and practical correction over personality-driven religious commentary.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its teacher-and-responder rhythm: Glenn frames the passage and Steve extends the application before the discussion returns to the text. It lingers on difficult commands without rushing past grace, confession, church life, or the consequences of belief.
Reasoning Through the Bible is a verse-by-verse Bible study podcast dedicated to teaching Scripture from chapter one, verse one, with careful attention to historical context, theology, and faithful application.Each episode offers in-depth, expository teaching rooted in the authority of the biblical text and the shared foundations of the historic Christian faith. While taught from an evangelical perspective, this podcast warmly welcomes all Christians seeking deeper engagement with God’s Word.Designed for listeners who desire serious Bible study rather than topical devotionals, Reasoning Through the Bible explores entire books of Scripture in an orderly and thoughtful manner—examining authors…
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Glenn and Steve turn close biblical reading into practical Christian teaching while making each interpretive step easy to follow.
Reasoning Through the Bible moves patiently through scripture, with Glenn and Steve reading a passage, testing its language against other biblical texts, and carrying the discussion toward Christian practice.
Every verse gets a cross-examination, then Glenn and Steve ask what it requires of you.
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A sober call to return, intercede, and trust God's mercy.
The episode treats Joel 2:12-23 as a sober call to return, keeping mercy and repentance at the center. It moves from the command to tear the heart, to the duty of leaders to intercede, and then to the broader promise of restoration, so the discussion stays close to the passage…
Careful Colossians teaching that turns Paul's counsel into everyday witness.
Reasoning Through the Bible looks at Paul's instructions for speaking to outsiders and keeps the focus on everyday use: when to speak, how to pray, and how to choose gracious words.
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
Glenn and Steve open Reasoning Through the Bible with a verse-by-verse setup, pointing listeners to rttb.net and reasoningthroughthebible.com for lesson plans and teacher-training materials.
This episode discusses James 5:10-20, connecting Old Testament prophets to modern Christian living and emphasizing the importance of knowing the Old Testament for understanding New Testament teachings.
This episode examines James chapter 4, discussing internal and church conflicts as spiritual warfare.
This episode explores the relationship between faith and works as discussed in James chapter 2, addressing whether faith without works is dead and its implications for believers.
A verse-by-verse Bible study podcast teaching from James chapter 2 about God's impartiality and living a fair life.
This episode explores the biblical concept of wisdom, particularly in the context of trials, based on James chapter 1.
A verse-by-verse Bible study podcast beginning the book of James, discussing joy in trials and being bondservants to God.
A verse-by-verse study of Joel chapter 3, discussing the prophetic harvest of judgment and the day of the Lord.
A verse-by-verse study of Joel chapter 3, discussing the day of the Lord and the restoration of Israel.
Joel's call stays plain: return now.
This episode examines Joel chapter 2, interpreting a locust invasion as a metaphor for a military invasion and introducing the concept of God's alarm for the day of the Lord.
This episode begins a verse-by-verse study of the Book of Joel, emphasizing its importance for understanding New Testament references and end-times prophecy.
Paul keeps it plain.
This episode explores biblical instructions for those in authority, focusing on Colossians and the responsibility of leaders to treat others justly.
This episode explores unity in the body of Christ and the family, addressing division caused by false doctrines, based on Colossians 3:18.
This episode explores Colossians 2:18-23, discussing the biblical guidance on balancing holiness with freedom in Christ while warning against self-abasement, man-made rules, and false teachings.