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More Than Medicine
Hosted by Dr. Robert E. Jackson · EN
Award-winning author, Dr. Robert E. Jackson, Jr., teaches Biblical principles on marriage, family, parenting, current events, evangelism, discipleship and health issues. Over 40 years as a medical doctor, 38 years of marriage, and parenting 9 children give Dr. Jackson a unique, relevant perspective on Christian life issues.
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DWDP - Gen 12: 10-20, God is Faithful..Even when Abram is not
6d ago00:16:55Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailA famine hits, the pressure rises, and Abram makes a choice that feels practical but exposes what fear can do to faith. We open Genesis 12:10–20 and follow Abram down to Egypt, where anxiety for survival turns into a “half truth” meant to protect his life and preserve his future. It’s a raw look at how quickly we can drift from prayerful dependence into self made solutions, especially when money is tight, security feels fragile, and the people around us are urging quick fixes.From there, the story pivots on two words that change everything: “But the Lord.” Even while Abram falters, God intervenes to protect Sarai, confront deception, and uphold the covenant promise He already made. We talk about why God’s faithfulness doesn’t depend on our flawless performance, and how that truth should reshape the way we treat other believers who crash and burn. Galatians 6:1 gives us the posture: restore with gentleness, stay humble, and remember we are all capable of the same missteps.We also bring the lesson into everyday Christian life with practical, search friendly themes like Bible study on anxiety, trusting God in hard times, spiritual growth through suffering, and finding peace in crisis. Jesus’ promises in Matthew 6 and the anchor of Isaiah 26:3 point to a steady path: seek God first, train trust in the small moments, and you won’t have to panic when the big storms arrive. If this helped you, subscribe, share it with a friend who needs steadier faith, and leave a review that tells others what you’re learning.Support the showhttps://www.jacksonfamilyministry.comhttps://bobslone.com/home/podcast-production/
Transcribe →MTM - Interview with Dr Michael Cloer..Ezekiel 38 and The Future of the Middle East Part Two
1w ago00:32:11Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThe headlines out of the Middle East change by the hour, but some patterns feel bigger than politics. Today we take a careful, Scripture first look at Israel, Iran (Persia), Russia, and the growing talk of “peace” agreements, then ask the uncomfortable question: what if the Bible warns us about that exact moment when people start saying everything is finally safe? We walk through Ezekiel 38 like a checklist: who is involved, what happens, when it happens, and why it happens. Dr. Michael Cloer explains how he understands names like Gog, Magog, Rosh, Meshach, and Tubal, and why he connects them to a northern power aligned with an Islamic coalition that includes Persia. We also talk about why prophecy teachers focus so much on Israel “dwelling securely,” and what modern conditions might look like if that window of security appears. Along the way, we touch on Babylon themes, shifting alliances, and why diplomacy can be good while still falling short of lasting peace. Then we bring it home. If biblical prophecy is real, it is not trivia it is a wake up call. We close with the clearest takeaway we know how to give: Jesus wins, and the time to surrender your life to Him is now. If this conversation helped you think, share it with a friend, subscribe for next week, and leave a review so more people can find More Than Medicine.Support the showhttps://www.jacksonfamilyministry.comhttps://bobslone.com/home/podcast-production/
Transcribe →DWDP - Gen 12: 4-8 Abram Calls on the Lord
2w ago00:13:27Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailFaith sounds inspiring until God asks you to move before you know the address. We open Genesis 12:4–8 and trace Abram’s obedience as he leaves Haran at 75 years old with Sarai, Lot, servants, and substantial possessions, traveling hundreds of miles toward Canaan. That long road becomes a picture of what real trust looks like: stepping forward with God’s word while the details remain unclear. Then the story pivots on a single moment. The Lord appears to Abram and promises, “To your descendants I will give this land.” We explore why this appearance matters, how it connects to the idea of a theophany, and why the Gospel of John says Jesus uniquely makes the Father known. If you care about Bible study, Christian theology, and seeing Christ across the Old Testament, this devotion ties the promise to Abram to the bigger story of redemption. Abram’s response is not debate or delay, but worship. He builds an altar, a sign of devotion and sacrifice, and we talk about how that altar foreshadows Jesus as our Passover Lamb. We also break down what it truly means to “call upon the name of the Lord” through three simple anchors: humility, an offering that rests only on Jesus’ blood, and God’s promise in Jeremiah 33:3 to answer and show “great and mighty things.” Subscribe, share with a friend, and leave a review. What would it look like for you to call on the Lord with that kind of faith today?Support the showhttps://www.jacksonfamilyministry.comhttps://bobslone.com/home/podcast-production/
Transcribe →MTM - Interview with Dr. Michael Cloer .. Bible Prophecy and Current Events in the Middle East Part One
2w ago00:26:53Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailPeace in the Middle East sounds like the goal everyone should want, so why do so many Christians feel uneasy when world leaders talk about coalitions, treaties, and “historic” agreements around Israel? We sit down with Dr. Michael Cloer, a veteran pastor and student of Scripture, to face the question head-on: how can modern diplomacy fit alongside Bible prophecy that describes a future alignment of nations against Israel?We walk through why Israel sits at the center of biblical prophecy, why Christians shouldn’t ignore prophecy as a “controversial side issue,” and how Dr. Cloer diagnoses what he calls headline hysteria, the fear that grows when we know the news but don’t know the Word. Along the way, we connect ancient biblical geography to today’s map, explaining why Persia and Babylon matter when people claim “Iran isn’t in the Bible.” If you’ve ever wondered how Russia, Iran, and regional hostility could converge, this conversation gives you a framework without date-setting or sensationalism.Dr. Cloer also paints a vivid, hypothetical breaking-news scenario to show how fast global opinion can shift and how quickly international pressure could mount. We close with what matters most: not merely decoding current events, but answering the deeper spiritual question of where your hope is anchored. Subscribe to More Than Medicine, share this with a friend who’s anxious about the headlines, and leave a review that tells us: what question about Bible prophecy do you want us to tackle next?Support the showhttps://www.jacksonfamilyministry.comhttps://bobslone.com/home/podcast-production/
Transcribe →DWDP - Abrahamic Covenant..God's Unconditional Promises to Abraham
3w ago00:15:51Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailGod tells Abram, “I will,” four times and it changes the direction of human history. We slow down in Genesis 12:2–3 and let those promises land with their full weight: nationhood for a 75-year-old man with a barren wife, divine favor that God himself sustains, a great name that lasts beyond cultures and centuries, and a universal blessing that reaches “all the families of the earth.”We also get honest about why this matters for everyday faith. God’s covenant grace is never just a private gift. We talk about being chosen by sovereign grace, not merit, and why God’s pattern is to bless people so they become a conduit of blessing to others. Then we hold Genesis 12 next to Genesis 11 at Babel, where people try to make a name for themselves, and we ask what modern self-exaltation looks like when it sneaks into spiritual life.Finally, we tackle the question many listeners carry: do God’s promises to Abraham apply to ethnic Jews today, to Christians by faith, or in some sense to both? We distinguish the unconditional Abrahamic covenant from the conditional Mosaic covenant, then walk through key New Testament passages often raised in the debate, including Galatians 3 and Romans 9–11, with an emphasis on God’s faithfulness and humility where Christians disagree.If you want a clear, Bible-centered guide to the Abrahamic covenant, God’s redemptive plan, and how Jesus fulfills the promise to bless the nations, press play. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway or your question for a future devotion.Support the showhttps://www.jacksonfamilyministry.comhttps://bobslone.com/home/podcast-production/
Transcribe →MTM - Happy 250th Birthday America
3w ago00:19:45Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailA patient looks you in the eye and says her last meal was roots she dug from the ground, boiled in water, and shared just to make it through the week. That single sentence can wreck your categories for poverty, health, and gratitude, and it becomes the doorway to a bigger July 4th reflection from me, a country doctor who has seen both mission-field scarcity and American abundance.I tell stories from Haiti that still stick with me: barefoot patients with infections, women going days without food, and a Bible conference where people sit on concrete blocks in 95 degree heat for eight hours a day just to hear Scripture taught. I ask what that kind of hunger reveals about our own spiritual appetite, and I connect it to the biblical warning about a famine of hearing God’s word. Along the way, I share my parents’ early marriage, empty cupboards, and the long grind through college and medical school as a reminder that America can still be the land of opportunity.Then we pivot to civic responsibility and religious freedom. I compare our First Amendment rights with what believers face in places like India, where Christians may have to worship and baptise in secret, and I talk plainly about voting, apathy, and why a representative government ends up resembling the governed. If faith matters, freedom matters, and your neighbour matters, then showing up is not optional.Subscribe for more biblical insights and real-world stories, share this with a friend who needs the perspective, and leave a review so more people can find the show.Support the showhttps://www.jacksonfamilyministry.comhttps://bobslone.com/home/podcast-production/
Transcribe →DWDP - Gen 12:1 Abrams's Call
4w ago00:14:12Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailGod’s first words to Abram in Genesis 12 are simple and disruptive: leave your country, your relatives, and your father’s house, then walk toward a land God will show you. We sit with that tension the way real people have to, because obedience is rarely abstract. When God calls, He often asks us to loosen our grip on comfort, identity, and control, and to trust His promise before we see the full plan.We also step back and trace the bigger storyline from Babel to God preserving a witness in the world. Human hearts drift toward idols, yet God does not fail, and He chooses a man through whom He will form a people and ultimately bring the Redeemer, Jesus Christ. Along the way we address the hard questions that surface when God’s choices feel unfair, reminding ourselves that the Lord is King over the nations and we are not the authors of the story.Then the devotion turns personal and practical. I share what answering God’s call can look like on the ground: my wife serving as a nurse missionary in Gaza, the dangers she faced, and our daughters serving overseas in places like Yemen and Venezuela. We talk honestly about the fear parents carry, and we ask the blunt question many believers avoid: if disaster strikes, does that mean the call was foolish?Jesus sends His people as lambs among wolves, and Revelation 12:11 reminds us how believers overcome: by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, even when the cost is high. If this challenges you, good. Listen, share it with a friend, and leave a review, then tell me: what is God calling you to obey right now?Support the showhttps://www.jacksonfamilyministry.comhttps://bobslone.com/home/podcast-production/
Transcribe →MTM - A Person is a Person No Matter How Small
Jun 2700:15:03Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailA viral clip about aborting a baby with Down syndrome lit up the internet, but the part that matters most to me isn’t the comments section. It’s the question sitting underneath it: what is the unborn, really? As a physician and a dad, I walk through that question with the one person who has made it impossible for our family to keep this debate theoretical our son Thomas, now 26, who was diagnosed with Down syndrome and fought for his life from his first moments. Thomas was born on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, rushed to the ICU, and spent his earliest weeks in congestive heart failure before a pediatric heart surgeon repaired his heart. I share what that season looked like in real life, and why those details matter when we talk about prenatal diagnosis, disability, and the choices parents feel pressured to make. Then we shift to what Thomas has taught us over decades: how caregiving forms a servant’s heart, how joy can be louder than fear, and why his simple, wholehearted worship often moves a room full of guarded adults to actually sing. From there, I lay out the moral framework I believe we can’t avoid: is the unborn a human being or a potential human being? We talk personhood, the image of God, and why I don’t believe value changes with size, location, age, health, or circumstances of conception. If you care about the abortion debate, Down syndrome advocacy, Christian ethics, or the dignity of human life, this conversation will challenge you and it may change how you speak about it. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs a clearer lens, and leave a review with the question you’re still wrestling with.Support the showhttps://www.jacksonfamilyministry.comhttps://bobslone.com/home/podcast-production/
Transcribe →DWDP - Gen: 10-32 The Record of the Promised Seed Continues
Jun 2400:14:27Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailA genealogy can look like filler until you realize it is the backbone of a promise. We open Genesis 11:10-32 and follow the generations of Shem, right after the Tower of Babel and the dispersion of nations, to see how God keeps a single redemptive thread alive even when humanity scatters and the knowledge of the true God grows dim.As we trace the line forward, we talk about why Scripture guards these names so carefully: the promised seed from Genesis 3 is being preserved on purpose, moving history toward the Messiah. Along the way, we notice a dramatic shift in human lifespan after the flood and explore reasons often discussed in creation science circles, including the water vapor canopy idea, radiation exposure, and the accumulating effects of genetic and environmental change in a harsher post-flood world.Genesis 11 also introduces Abram and the family tension that sets up everything to come: Sarai’s barrenness, the move from Ur of the Chaldees toward Canaan, and Terah’s decision to settle in Haran instead of finishing the mission. That stop becomes more than a travel detail. It becomes a warning about delayed obedience, spiritual discipline, and the fear of becoming “disqualified” in the sense described in 1 Corinthians 9:27. If you want Bible study that connects the text to daily faithfulness, this one will challenge you. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more listeners can find these Genesis devotions.Support the showhttps://www.jacksonfamilyministry.comhttps://bobslone.com/home/podcast-production/
Transcribe →MTM - Exposing the Injustice of Same Sex Marriage
Jun 2000:27:50Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailA baby asks for “mama,” and two adults laugh back, “There is no mama.” That short viral moment is heartbreaking on the surface, but we think it also reveals something deeper about the way modern culture talks about same-sex marriage, commercial surrogacy, and what counts as a family.I’m joined by my daughter Hannah as we slow down and look past the news cycle. We start with why the video felt so evil to so many people, not only because it provokes a child to tears, but because it treats a child’s mother as optional. From there we revisit a question some people warned about years ago after Obergefell: what about the children? We talk plainly about how no “private” adult choice stays private once a child is involved, and why children’s rights must come before adult agendas.We also bring in the child development and sociology side. We outline what social scientists commonly acknowledge about socioemotional health: biology matters, gender differences matter, and parental loss is harmful whether it comes through divorce, abandonment, death, adoption, IVF, or third party reproduction. We challenge the slogan “love is enough,” discuss why some studies are methodologically weak, and point listeners to research associated with Paul Sullins and Mark Regnerus. Finally, we share testimony from adult children and stories drawn from Katie Faust’s Them Before Us, where “father mother hunger” shows up again and again.If you care about faith, family, and the real-world impact of marriage and reproductive technology on kids, listen through to the end, then subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can find the show.Support the showhttps://www.jacksonfamilyministry.comhttps://bobslone.com/home/podcast-production/
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