The Love’s Playbook Podcast The Bible as the Story of an All-good God

The Love’s Playbook Podcast The Bible as the Story of an All-good God

Don’t have time to read the Bible? Can’t understand it? Here it is written as a story for adults that reads like a novel. The story of an all-good God. Listen and fall in love. My version has characters who are fleshed out with carefully researched backstory because they were people like us. I wanted to slow the stories down, make them come to life with characters you can relate to. People like you--people you can identify with and remember. AND the focus is on a good God, not a scary or angry one. The men who wrote the Bible wanted a strong warrior God, and to be sure They are! (One position--three beings who fill it.) But there is such a difference between Their preferred will and Their allowed will. Love and freedom are Their greatest values. Episode 1 is my fantasy of Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 with Revelation 12-–the universe before us. Listen to Abba, Adonai and Ruach converse and see how evil could enter a perfect world—a perfect creation!

Episodes

Episode 9 Chap 11 Running Scared 1Samuel 21:10:22; Ps. 56-57

January 13, 2026 • 14 mins
Did David falter in his faith? Probably anyone would have, but how good if we could have seen God show up for him!
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Live replay of the end of Love’s Playbook Revelation 21-22

January 11, 2026 • 62 mins
John’s description of the holy city or new Jerusalem is magnificent and probably needs two more discussions or another chapter. But if you wondered about it this is worth a listen.
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Episode 9 Chap 10 Good Bye to Honor 1Samuel 20--21:10

January 5, 2026 • 13 mins
David stops depending on God and in fatigue and fear runs and makes other big mistakes.
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Live replay of Love’s Playbook Chap 18 on Rev. 20 A New Look Judgment and Hell

January 4, 2026 • 61 mins
If you struggled with the concept of an eternally burning hell, this may be just the thing you’ve been waiting to hear. This is a discussion that makes sense with the goodness and the glory of God.
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Episode 9 Chapter 9 Hatred is Hard to Hide 1 Samuel 19

December 30, 2025 • 12 mins
Sometimes the wonderful things God calls us to are also laced with challenges and difficulties. This is a broken world, and David begins the experience.
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Live replay of Looking For a Good God in Revelation 19-20:6

December 28, 2025 • 62 mins
Wow! This discussion deals with some really important and difficult questions and topics. It starts with emotion and becomes so deeply joyful about the kind of God we have!
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Live replay of Looking for a Good God in Revelation-Review plus -chapter 19

December 23, 2025 • 60 mins
This is a review and it may be confusing it summarizes chapters 14-18 and goes into Daniel 7 and then chapter 19.
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Episode 9 Chap 8 David’s New Life 1 Samuel 18:5-27

December 23, 2025 • 13 mins
The difficulties began for David. Saul ‘s jealousy grows by the day. But he does keep his word about giving David his daughter as a wife and God works it out.
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Episode 9 Chap 7 Soulmates 1 Samuel 18:1-4

December 15, 2025 • 11 mins
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Looking for a Good God in Revelation 18

December 14, 2025 • 62 mins
Somehow this one didn’t get published last week. So here it is. An Angel Reveals Babylon.
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Live replay: Looking for a Good God in Revelation

December 13, 2025 • 70 mins
This is a very spirited discussion about why God presented Revelation to John the way He did.
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Episode 9 Chap 6 David, Saul, and the Giant 1Samuel 16:14-18:4

December 9, 2025 • 18 mins
One of the most well-known stories from the Bible is David and Goliath. This one is likely more relational and detailed, making David more real and less mythic.
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Looking for a Good God in Revelation 18

December 7, 2025 • 62 mins
Last week I muffed the recording, but this week it was even clearer that the God of Revelation18 is an all-good God! This week our discussion was mainly so what do we do?
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Episode 9 Chap 5 David, Saul, and the Giant 1Samuel 16:14--18:4

December 2, 2025 • 12 mins
Another of my favorite chapters—this one when Samuel meets David.
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Eisode 9 Chapter 4 Lookin Good vs. Being God’s King 1Sam. 14:47-15

November 24, 2025 • 14 mins
It can ruin you to need the approval of people. Why isn’t the approval of God more important to us?
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Live replay: Looking for a Good God in Revelation 17

November 22, 2025 • 64 mins
Probably the hardest part of Revelation to figure—backing up to look at the big picture helps.
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Episode 9 Chap 3 God is Faithful Anyway 1Samuel 13:17-14:46

November 18, 2025 • 14 mins
This is a great study in family systems. Saul’s Father’s words “act like a king” are obviously the ones that stick over Samuel’s and God’s.
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Live replay: Looking for a Good God in Revelation 16

November 16, 2025 • 61 mins
One of the hardest parts of Scripture to get right for me has been the 7 last plagues. But I think this discussion is very helpful as we consider why.
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Episode 9 Chap 2 Saul’s Faith is Tested 1Samuel 13

November 11, 2025 • 16 mins
We begin to see the tragic flaw in Saul that caused the downward spiral. Approval from Dad and men replaces trusting God.
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Live replay: Looking for a Good God in Revelation 14:14-16:3

November 9, 2025 • 61 mins
Most of Revelation is hard, but this begins the hardest part for me. And yet I see it as one of the most important parts because this seems to contradict everything you’ve been taught or thought about God‘s love, forgiveness and mercy. But if you understand some key concepts, it opens up and agrees with God‘s all-goodness.
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