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Proclaiming the truth of the gospel! It is our desire that all, young and old, see Jesus in his fullness and we pray that Eph 1:18-20 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places.
Episodes
Jul 19, 2024
Jul 19, 2024
21 min
Luke 18:1-8
The truth is, the judge lives in me. If the parable of the widow has anything to offer, it is that prayer alone will wear down my inner judge.
Jul 19, 2024
Jul 19, 2024
18 min
Luke 18:1-8
The widow's only power in the parable is the power of showing up, The power of presence and grit, but the parable suggests that this power is not to be taken lightly. Prayer is a great mystery, and we can't know it.
Jul 19, 2024
Jul 19, 2024
20 min
Luke 18:1-8
Some call this the parable of the unjust judge. Is this a parable telling us that by nagging God "in Jesus's name" that we will get our request? Just keep begging, is this the theme?
Jul 12, 2024
Jul 12, 2024
19 min
Jesus tells the truth without shaming. He sees her. He sees the whole of her. Past, present, and future. Who she has been, what she longs for, how she hurts, and all that she might become!
Jul 12, 2024
Jul 12, 2024
17 min
I had to sit with this moment in the story for a long time before its irony and strangeness really hit me. The Son of God is so thirsty at the mount of a well and it's the outcast who provides the water he needs.
Jul 12, 2024
Jul 12, 2024
19 min
Nowhere is this woman described as promiscuous. Nowhere does Jesus call her a sinner! This is not a story of morality. This is a story about Jesus revealing Himself as the Messiah to a fellow human being.
Jun 28, 2024
Jun 28, 2024
18 min
In the midst of the wilderness, our eyes are often fixated on our pain and if we bother to look for angels at all, we look only for them to rescue us. But the angels don't medivac Jesus out of the wilderness, they tend to him.
Jun 28, 2024
Jun 28, 2024
18 min
Jesus has to learn a kind of love that is independent of external circumstances. He knows what God's love feels like in the baptismal waters of Jordan, in the gathered crowds, in the good church services. Now he has to learn the shape and color of God's love in the barren places, in the emptiness, in the lonely shadows.