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The Bible is considered both a source of truth and the collection of all truths needed to answer life's questions. A locus is both a particular point and the collection of all points that satisfy a particular equation. Biblocus is the particular place where you encounter biblical truths that answer your questions. Biblocus is where the Bible intersects with your life. Our mission at Biblocus is to

renew your faith in faith. We want to present biblical truth in our content and our actions. All of our media feature interactive discussions between multiple participants to show that God wants us to live out his truth in relationship with one another. We believe the Bible is like a person you interact with - a friend. The more time you spend with a friend, the more influence they have on your life. So, open your Bible and start reading. If you don't know where to begin, we hope any one of our videos will help you get started.

Your life is the sum of your actions, so think carefully before you act. A lot of small, careless actions can have a dra...
08/30/2026

Your life is the sum of your actions, so think carefully before you act. A lot of small, careless actions can have a dramatic effect on the bottom line of your life. It's like the person who can never save any money for the important things they need, because they keep robbing their savings to buy trivial luxuries. In Matthew 6:20-21, Jesus said:

"...store up for yourselves treasures in heaven... For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

If God is important to you, you will consider what he wants before you act - even in the smallest daily tasks. When you do this over a lifetime, you will find that you have built for yourself a large reserve of treasure in heaven. That's the message of scripture and the topic of this episode of Bible Discussions.

Your life is the sum of your actions, so think carefully before you...

The teaching of Jesus on fasting is simple. He says not to use your fasting to draw the attention of others to you, but ...
08/23/2026

The teaching of Jesus on fasting is simple. He says not to use your fasting to draw the attention of others to you, but to use it to draw your attention to spiritual matters. According to Jesus, no one should be able to tell when you are fasting but God, because the focus of your fasting is only between you and God.

For those who do use fasting to gain the applause of men, Jesus said this at the end of Matthew 6:16:

"Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full."

But for those who follow his advice and conceal the evidence of their fasting, he says this in Matthew 6:18:

"...and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you."

The question then is: "Where will your reward come from?" Will it be limited to the praise of men, or will it come from the unlimited resources of God? You get to decide.

That's the question posed in scripture and the topic of this episode of Bible Discussions.

The teaching of Jesus on fasting is simple. He says not to use your...

Jesus teaches his disciples how to pray when he gives them the Lord's Prayer during the Sermon on the Mount, but right b...
08/16/2026

Jesus teaches his disciples how to pray when he gives them the Lord's Prayer during the Sermon on the Mount, but right before that, he teaches them how not to pray. In Matthew 6:5, he says:

“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full."

The English word hypocrite is a transliteration of the Greek word for actor. It literally means: "one who speaks from under a mask." That is because Greek actors held masks over their faces during their plays. By using the word hypocrite, Jesus was teaching us to avoid these practices when we pray:

1. Pretending to be something or someone you aren't.
2. Putting on a show for God.
3. Seeking an audience other than God.

In other words, just be yourself. God already knows your greatest successes and failures, so why not be honest and humble in prayer?

That's the message of scripture and the topic of this episode of Bible Discussions.

Jesus teaches his disciples how to pray when he gives them the Lord...

In the course of a typical life, we acquire many things as we age. Among these are acquaintances, friends, a spouse, chi...
08/09/2026

In the course of a typical life, we acquire many things as we age. Among these are acquaintances, friends, a spouse, children, grandchildren, wisdom, and, of course, wealth. How we handle these things defines something else we acquire over time - our reputation within the community. In Matthew 6:1-2, Jesus tells us to take care how we cultivate that reputation:

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven."

“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others."

In other words, don't try to bypass the normal process of building your reputation by throwing your money around. Even if it impresses some people, that will be the full extent of your reward. Rather, keep your giving between you and God. It may not provide you with the instant acclaim you desire in this world, but it is one small step in the process of eternally trusting God.

That's the message of scripture and the topic of this episode of Bible Discussions.

In the course of a typical life, we acquire many things as we age. ...

According to the Old Testament law, if someone poked out your eye, you were entitled to poke theirs out in return. Howev...
08/02/2026

According to the Old Testament law, if someone poked out your eye, you were entitled to poke theirs out in return. However, this was meant to be a limitation upon judicial decisions, not permission to seek personal retribution. It came to be understood as a standard for justice. It was a law of mercy that forbade killing someone for a non-capital offense, while simultaneously providing adequate justice for the offended. If someone poked out their neighbor's eye, then that someone's eye, and no other's, should be poked out in return - no more and, presumably, no less.

But then, Jesus came on the scene and suggested that less might be the better answer. He preached a non-retaliatory personal justice ethic. He encouraged those who were wronged to forgive those who had offended them and extend mercy to them, even if they took advantage of them in the process. He famously said, as recorded in Matthew 5:39:

"But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also."

This became the quintessential phrase of his movement. The letter of the teaching could not be separated from its spirit. If you believed in Jesus, you believed in this ethic, and vice versa. It is still true today. Ask yourself right now, "Do I believe in the Jesus who teaches me to turn the other cheek?"

That's the message of scripture and the topic of this episode of Bible Discussions.

According to the Old Testament law, if someone poked out your eye, ...

When we swear an oath to someone to convince them that we are telling the truth, what are we saying about our assertions...
07/26/2026

When we swear an oath to someone to convince them that we are telling the truth, what are we saying about our assertions when we don't swear an oath? Is it okay to walk those back, because we didn't swear an oath? Jesus didn't think so.

In Matthew 5:37, he says:

"All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one."

In other words, if you tell the truth all the time, there is no need to convince people that you really mean what you say this time. When you are characterized by telling the truth in everything, no one will ever need to ask you if you mean what you say. That's the message of Jesus and the topic of this episode of Bible Discussions.

When we swear an oath to someone to convince them that we are telli...

We are made in the image of God. As such, the ideal for human morality is God himself. That is why Jesus says in the Ser...
07/19/2026

We are made in the image of God. As such, the ideal for human morality is God himself. That is why Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:48:

"Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect."

Obviously, none of us is able to obtain such perfection, but the point is that we should give it our best effort. As is often said, we should aim high and miss high.

Nowhere is this more evident than in Jesus' teaching on adultery and divorce. God is the ultimate standard of relational fidelity. He has never failed in his faithfulness to man. The sun is always shining on the earth, even when, from our perspective, it is obscured by clouds. A promise from God is always true. Not so with men.

Jesus calls us to a very high standard of fidelity in our marriages. In Matthew 5:27-28, he says:

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

Who can live to such a standard? Only the one who tries. That is the plea of Jesus in all matters of relationship, and especially of the marriage relationship. Be perfect as he is perfect.

That's the message of scripture and the topic of this episode of Bible Discussions.

We are made in the image of God. As such, the ideal for human moral...

At the time of Christ, hyper-legalism had turned the meaning of the law upside down. Even a law as basic as "Do not murd...
07/12/2026

At the time of Christ, hyper-legalism had turned the meaning of the law upside down. Even a law as basic as "Do not murder" had been corrupted. In the mind of a legalist, it was okay to wish someone was dead as long as you didn't commit the act of murder itself. By this logic, the more you wanted to murder someone, the more righteous you were for not doing it.

Jesus rebuked this way of thinking and restored the intention of the law when he said in Matthew 5:22:

"But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment."

Jesus knew that sin originates in the human mind. If you have already settled in your mind that someone deserves to die, then the only thing that keeps you from killing them is your self-control. Jesus urges you to move that self-control back to a time before you condemned others in your thoughts. True righteousness is to train your mind to avoid being angry with others and extend to them the same grace God extends to you.

That's the message of scripture and the topic of this episode of Bible Discussions.

At the time of Christ, hyper-legalism had turned the meaning of the...

Does the Old Covenant still apply to Christians today? Before you answer, consider that the highest calling for any Chri...
07/05/2026

Does the Old Covenant still apply to Christians today? Before you answer, consider that the highest calling for any Christian is to follow the example of Jesus Christ. Then realize that Jesus is the only person who perfectly lived up to the laws of the Old Covenant. So, even if we do live under a "New Covenant," our highest aim is to live like the one who perfectly modeled the old one.

During the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus said in Matthew 5:17-19:

17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

So, the Old Testament is to be revered, and Jesus followed and fulfilled it in his lifetime. However, far from just following commandments, what Jesus demonstrated above all was that covenant was about relationship. Obedience to laws means nothing if not followed out of love for the one who gave them. Likewise, we must follow the example of Jesus Christ out of reverence and love for the one who freed and empowered us to follow in his footsteps.

That's the message of scripture and the topic of this episode of Bible Discussions.

Does the Old Covenant still apply to Christians today? Before you a...

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus told us that we are supposed to be salt and light to the world. In a world without ref...
06/28/2026

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus told us that we are supposed to be salt and light to the world. In a world without refrigeration and electric lighting these words would have had a much greater impact. Salt was used both to preserve foods for storage and to disinfect and flavor foods that were past their "use by" date. Likewise, on a dark night in a world without electric lighting of any kind, a single oil lamp would illuminate an entire house, and a city on a hill would be visible from many miles away.

The point is this: the godly actions of a single person can have an outsized impact on their community. The world can be a rotten and dark place, but your acts of love can disinfect, flavor and brighten it for everyone around you. That is the message of scripture and the topic of this episode of Bible Discussions.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus told us that we are supposed to b...

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