... Matthew 15 is going to be a very interesting exercise as we try to figure out why it looks like a repetition of stuff we've already seen earlier in the book. Is Matthew just trying to really dr...
2021-04-05 05:42:37 +0000 UTC View Post
... hand washing expectations
2021-03-28 07:44:45 +0000 UTC View PostAnd the reason for that is because it's super interesting and maybe makes the middle point of the book of Matthew. I think this is a hyper interesting exchange and we're going to deep dive it!
T...
... values very near and dear to our hearts whether it makes sense or not, and Jesus is messing with such deeply held convictions in this week's passages.
I appreciate you and my wife and I...
... exchange between the religious leaders and Jesus. A lot of the passages we've looked at are easier to unpack, but this one's gonna take a minute. Also, this one gets us into some implications f...
2021-03-08 05:49:38 +0000 UTC View Post
I've read Matthew a lot over the years, but this passage in Matthew 14 has never struck me as hard as it is on this pass. I can't get enough of it.
How has it never occurred to me that this is t...
This week we're talking about the feeding of the five thousand including what it means, why it happened and how Jesus pulled it off.
Thanks again for being a part of this.
I love that you are willing to put in the hard work to frame the context on some of these passages that significantly overlap with extra-Biblical history. That extra effort and time should help us ...
2021-02-15 05:39:33 +0000 UTC View Post
We've come to a point where Matthew overlaps bigtime with well-documented historical characters and events from beyond the Bible. Every time we run into moments like this we've got a great opportun...
2021-02-08 06:37:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Not like a do-over, but rather a bring everyone back up to speed conversation. I'm noticing these are going to take longer and longer as we get further into Matthew, but we have to keep doing them ...
2021-02-01 18:02:30 +0000 UTC View PostWe're having fun and making progress! This week we're rounding out the Kingdom Parables discourse and spending a while day on teeth gnashing!
Welcome to everyone who jumped in last week, and th...
Those are not sarcastic caps. I'm hyper-enjoying going through these together, and I hope you are too! We're starting this week with Jesus explaining the parable of the wheat and the weeds.
I'm putting together a new recording setup, and it's going to be rad... at some point. Probably by tomorrow. Thanks for your patience with what I had to work with today.
I love Matthew 13 and I'...
Matthew 13 is a gold mine and this week we dig deep into an oft-overlooked parable that I think has very far-reaching implications. We're going to have fun.
Also, thank you very very much f...
We're working through Matthew 13 this week with a brief sidebar with Pastor Josh Brown to talk about why John wrote his book even though he knew Matthew's was already in circulation.
Thank you ...
Jeff Foote (who makes all the amazing music for the podcast) made a Christmas version of the outro music for the episode that comes out on Friday. Everyone will hear it there, but I thought you, th...
2020-12-24 05:36:15 +0000 UTC View Post
No really, it is exciting. This time around we are getting into the Kingdom Parables discourse of Matthew 13, and this is going to be a completely different feel than anything we've done together s...
2020-12-21 05:30:20 +0000 UTC View Post
...I'm having fun and Matthew 12 has been one of my favorite chapters to process through together. This week we're figuring out what Jesus means by this sign of Jonah business and maybe rounding ou...
2020-12-14 07:04:59 +0000 UTC View Post... five big speeches around which Matthew organizes his gospel, but we're in a speech that could qualify as a sixth right now and it's intense. This week Jesus goes on the offensive and it's scary...
2020-12-07 06:27:08 +0000 UTC View PostHope you enjoyed the bye week last week, and I hope you're ready to hit the ground running this week. It's another one of those passages that force us to deep dive into some Old Testament stuff an...
2020-11-30 08:53:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The stories recounted in Matthew seem so compelling, but lots of people who saw those amazing things didn't follow Jesus. Why?
We'll talk about that this week, and spend some time thinking ...
... into the story behind all the expanded law of the Pharisees at the time of Jesus is the project as well start the week, but as the week rolls on, we’ll get into Jesus response.
I enjoy...
2020-11-09 07:42:29 +0000 UTC View Post...that's he's the Son of God.
Which is kind of a big deal, and I've decided we're going to treat it like it's kind of a big deal. This week starts out with a deep dive into Jesus' language ...
... something happier than lengthy statements of woe. Jesus follows the pattern of the Old Testament prophets who express warning and judgment, but then chase it with hope.
This i...
2020-10-26 05:58:47 +0000 UTC View Post
... since we started this together! Whether you’ve been here from the beginning or your brand new to this. I’m so grateful you’re here and grateful to you for making it happen.
So much...
2020-10-19 05:43:37 +0000 UTC View PostJohn, under duress and facing his death, sends messengers to Jesus to find out if Jesus is actually the one. It's easy to write him off as faithless, but Jesus doesn't, and the exchange is crazy ri...
2020-10-12 02:12:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Matthew 10 has not been a cake walk; there’s some legitimately difficult Bible in there, but I like chewing through the hard stuff even more than the stuff that goes down easy. Thanks for gaming ...
2020-10-05 06:08:19 +0000 UTC View PostThere’s been a lot to break down in the oft-forgotten second big speech of Matthew’s gospel, but we’re getting close to the end.
When we get into chapter 11 we are going to notice a sh...
2020-09-29 16:16:00 +0000 UTC View Post
...going beyond the moment he was saying it and beyond the disciples who originally heard it and extending out into the medium historical term and the long historical term.
The Missional Di...
... week 45. Which means we’ve processed so much Bible together! Let’s do more!
This week is about the missional discourse.
Thank you all so much!
2020-09-07 06:42:02 +0000 UTC View Post