2 Minute Disciple

Episode 201: Episode 1 — Luke 1:1–4 — Certainty in Jesus

Episode  |  January 1st, 2026  |  Season 5  |  7 mins 35 secs

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Today’s 2 Minute Disciple takes us to Luke 1:1–4, where Luke assures us that his account of Jesus’ life is carefully investigated and accurate.

In just over two minutes, we’ll slow down, hear the passage, notice what stands out, meditate on the truth that we can be certain of who Jesus is, and take a small step to keep an ongoing conversation with God throughout our day.

Episode 207: Turning Toward the Cross – Mark 11 | Apprenticeship to Jesus

Episode  |  December 28th, 2025  |  Season 4  |  7 mins 37 secs

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Discover the powerful lessons of Mark 11 in An Apprenticeship to Jesus. Join Nick Oyler as Jesus enters Jerusalem, cleanses the temple, curses the fig tree, and teaches on faith, prayer, and forgiveness. Perfect for Christian discipleship and Bible study.

Episode 186: What I Am Learning From Jesus Is... Suffering and death are a part of life, but so is resurrection and life.

Episode  |  July 17th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  3 mins 16 secs

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Jesus is teaching me that resurrection and life are also a part of our lives, when we believe in him we never die.

Episode 161: Mark Chapter 10

Episode  |  May 19th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  8 mins 8 secs

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In our upside down way of looking at things, we want to earn our keep. It is common sense that if you work hard, you can achieve whatever you want. However, Jesus teaches that it is not that way with entering God’s Kingdom. No amount of work, charm, merit or money can gain you entrance into God’s Kingdom. Then how do we get in? We let God do the work and trust in Him. It’s that simple, but also that complex because it’s not that easy to trust Him when it’s wired in our brains to pull ourselves up. We have to forget about striving for our gain and embrace giving ourselves away and we will get everything back and more in God’s Kingdom. How hard is this concept to wrap your brain around?

Episode 147: Matthew Chapter 24

Episode  |  May 2nd, 2022  |  Season 2  |  8 mins 26 secs

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That is the theme of this chapter. However, the conspiracy theorist in me wants to figure out the details of the end of time, who, what where, and especially WHEN? But Jesus just gives us a you’ll know it when you see it answer and tells us to keep going and keep spreading the kingdom message. Keep going even when you just don’t feel like it. It’s that locker room pep talk when you’re down by 50 at half time, keep chipping away and we will win in the end, it’s going to be ugly, but stick with it. It’s the kind of speech that we all need even though we want to figure out if there is a rapture, who’s in and who’s out, and who is the big baddy antichrist, but Jesus tells us to keep going and keep looking and I’ll take care of the rest.
So, we keep going and keep spreading the message of God’s kingdom until the end.

Episode 128: Sermon on the Mount Part 6

Episode  |  April 9th, 2022  |  Season 2  |  4 mins 13 secs

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Verses one through five should be the new rules for social media. It might tone down some of the sniping and canceling that goes on these days. This section of the sermon is so timely for our culture and it is a strong reminder that we are definitely flying upside down in this area today. If just “Christian” people would live this out, we would see a huge difference in the way we treat one another in our culture. I also love how the golden rule is restated here in the Message. It makes so much sense and the idea of taking the initiative to do good to others is another one that if we actually did it, we could change our communities. This is the whole reason that I am doing this podcast, so that we can look into the mirror of scripture and let it change us. I know that I need to cut the sarcasm and attitude before I point out what’s wrong with you. This is what I’m asking God to help me work on. What needs to be changed in your life?

Episode 119: Matthew Chapter 1

Episode  |  March 31st, 2022  |  Season 2  |  7 mins 41 secs

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We are going to change things up a little in this new season, instead of changing translations every week, we are going to stick with the Message for the whole season. I am also going to read the introduction to the book of Matthew from the Message before I read the first chapter of the book. I will do the same for the other books too. I am also going to be adding more bonus episodes, more guest readers and guest conversations about following Jesus. Thank you so much for being a part of this journey with me. We are back at Matthew chapter 1, so lets dive in…

Episode 118: Acts Chapter 28

Episode  |  March 30th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 19 secs

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I love the last 2 sentences of the book of Acts, “He explained everything about Jesus Christ. His door was always open” (Acts 28:31 The Message). I want that to be said of me. What about you?
Tomorrow begins a new season for the 2 Minute Disciple Podcast. We will start back at Matthew Chapter 1 and journey through the Gospels again to discover who Jesus is and what it looks like to follow him. See you tomorrow.

Episode 117: Acts Chapter 27

Episode  |  March 29th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  7 mins 22 secs

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All through Acts, we have seen God move his people to spread the message of Jesus and his new life from Jerusalem to the ends of the world. He is now taking Paul to Rome as a prisoner on a ship through a storm. Paul is assured that he will survive to get to Rome, but not without a shipwreck disaster to go through. We find that God did what he said and continued to give Paul an audience for his message.
This makes me think about my calling to this podcast, it kind of feels like I have been through a shipwreck to get here. However, we are almost to 2000 downloads and quit a bit of encouragement to keep going. Once we finish Acts tomorrow, we will begin again in Matthew Chapter 1 for season 2.

Episode 116: Acts Chapter 26

Episode  |  March 28th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  8 mins 12 secs

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I love this chapter, because we get to hear Paul’s turnaround story again and my favorite part is the two different responses. The first response is from Festus, and it’s the "You’re crazy" response that many of us who follow Jesus have heard before. The second response is from King Agrippa, and it’s the "if you keep this up, you’ll make a Christian out of me response". This is the response that we really want to hear. What strikes me here is that Paul was ready for both responses and expected both. I think that sometimes we just want the second response but when we get the first, we give up and stop sharing. Not Paul, he kept going and I love what he said to Agrippa in verse 29 (The Message): Paul, still in chains, said, “That’s what I’m praying for, whether now or later, and not only you but everyone listening today, to become like me—except, of course, for this prison jewelry!”
His response is a challenge to me, because I tend to pray more selfish prayers and I need to be praying for this when I talk about the Gospel with people. What do your prayers look like? Are you willing to pray for others the way that Paul did?