{"podcast":{"title":"Immerse: Bible Reading Experience - NLT Daily Bible In A Year","slug":"immerse-bible-reading-experience-nlt-daily-bible-in-a-year-6723192","podcast_index_feed_id":6723192,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/immerse-bible-reading-experience-daily-bible-in-a-year","website_url":"http://immersebible.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/TQ_8Gu9FQ7HfPLbxyuIn7rLV7KwQ6kaYRKkCntohyfg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ3ODIzLzE3MDI3/NTMzNzYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Tyndale House Publishers","episode_count":706,"summary":"Take a breath, find your place, and read deeply. Discover the joy of reading God’s word with the Immerse New Living Translation (NLT) Bible. This daily Bible podcast will take you through the Bible in a year following the Immerse Bible Reading Experience. So grab your family and small group and go through the Bible in a year together with Immerse. Each of the 6 volumes is available online or at your favorite Christian bookstore.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-07T08:21:04.184358+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/immerse-bible-reading-experience-nlt-daily-bible-in-a-year-6723192"},"episode":{"title":"Immerse Beginnings Day 154 Year 3 Daily Bible Reading","slug":"immerse-beginnings-day-154-year-3-daily-bible-reading","published_at":"2026-06-03T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/immerse-bible-reading-experience-nlt-daily-bible-in-a-year-6723192/immerse-beginnings-day-154-year-3-daily-bible-reading","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/immerse-bible-reading-experience-nlt-daily-bible-in-a-year-6723192","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/328f67d7","audio_url":"https://2.gum.fm/op3.dev/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/media.transistor.fm/328f67d7/f3764fed.mp3","summary":"Generosity, Freedom, and the Rhythm of Celebration The tithe is not a tax; it is a feast. Every year, Israel is to bring a tenth of their harvest to the place God chooses and eat it there in His presence—celebrating, rejoicing, feasting. If the journey is too long, they may sell the tithe and buy whatever they want when they arrive: cattle, wine, anything that makes the heart glad. God commands His people to enjoy themselves. Every third year, the tithe stays local, distributed to the Levites, foreigners, orphans, and widows. The rhythm is generous: two years of feasting at the sanctuary, one year of feeding the vulnerable at home. Then comes the year of release—every seventh year, all debts are canceled. Moses anticipates the objection before it is spoken: ‘Do not be mean-spirited and refuse someone a loan because the year for canceling debts is close at hand.’ Generosity is not optional, and calculating its cost is a form of meanness. ‘Give generously,’ he says, ‘not grudgingly.’ The Hebrew slave laws follow the same pattern of radical generosity: after six years of service, a slave goes free—and not empty-handed. The master must load the departing servant with gifts from flock, threshing floor, and wine press. ‘Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt.’ The memory of bondage is meant to produce not bitterness but compassion. The reading closes with the three great festivals—Passover, the Festival of Harvest, and the Festival of Shelters—each one a commanded celebration, a required joy. In God’s economy, gratitude is not a feeling you wait for; it is a practice you are commanded to perform. 00:00 The Annual Tithe as Feast 01:00 The Third-Year Tithe for the Vulnerable 02:00 The Year of Release: Cancel All Debts 03:00 Do Not Be Mean-Spirited 04:00 Hebrew Slaves Set…","meta_description":"Generosity, Freedom, and the Rhythm of Celebration The tithe is not a tax; it is a feast. Every year, Israel is to bring a tenth of their harvest to the p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":512,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/immerse-bible-reading-experience-nlt-daily-bible-in-a-year-6723192/episodes/immerse-beginnings-day-154-year-3-daily-bible-reading/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/immerse-bible-reading-experience-nlt-daily-bible-in-a-year-6723192/immerse-beginnings-day-154-year-3-daily-bible-reading.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}