Episodes

  • Presence, not Possession (CaD Deu 18)
    Dec 31 2025

    Faith is not the absence of uncertainty — it is the refusal to worship false certainty. A chapter-a-day podcast from Deuteronomy 18. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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    7 mins
  • Authority with Ink-Stained Fingers (CaD Deu 17)
    Dec 30 2025

    In today’s chapter, Moses prescribes the most astonishing of tasks for every person appointed to the throne: Handwrite a copy of the Torah onto a single scroll - the entirety of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Why?

    A chapter-a-day podcast from Deuteronomy 17. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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    6 mins
  • Not History - A Moment Relived (CaD Deu 16)
    Dec 29 2025

    God does not dwell just in places. He inhabits moments. A chapter-a-day podcast from Deuteronomy 16. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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    5 mins
  • Open Hands, Open Heart (CaD Deu 15)
    Dec 24 2025

    At Christmas, God provides an eternal object lesson of what Deuteronomy 15 is all about. A chapter-a-day podcast from Deuteronomy 15. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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    6 mins
  • Holiness, Heart, & Hearth (CaD Deu 14)
    Dec 23 2025

    Today’s chapter whispers to me of God’s heart: generous, selfless, and servant-hearted. From the beginning God's prescription for Life flowed from His Spirit of intimacy, community, and generosity in the simple acts of gathering, celebrating, and eating. A chapter-a-day podcast from Deuteronomy 14. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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    7 mins
  • The Knife, the Cradle, and the Cross (CaD Deu 13)
    Dec 22 2025

    Today’s chapter is jarring, especially at the beginning of the week of Christmas as I hum O Little Town of Bethlehem. Yet one of the things that I’ve discovered about this Great Story is that everything connects. A chapter-a-day podcast from Deuteronomy 13. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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    9 mins
  • Gathering (CaD Deu 12)
    Dec 19 2025

    For eleven chapters Moses has been teaching Israel how to remember. Today, he teaches them how to desire. A chapter-a-day podcast from Deuteronomy 12. The text version may always be found at tomvanderwell.com.

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    8 mins
  • Land That Drinks Rain (CaD Deu 11)
    Dec 18 2025

    The message I found flowing through the chapter in the quiet this morning was that the danger is not rebellion or disobedience. The danger is forgetting. A chapter-a-day podcast from Deuteronomy 11. The text version may always be found and shared at tomvanderwell.com.

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    6 mins