I don't remember exactly why I had Jeff (Rooktown Music) whip up this little gem, but I'm glad it happened.
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2022-06-08 16:32:38 +0000 UTC View PostThis is knowable, but it's fun to consider all the angles to get deeper into the story.
Also, another bonus episode coming up this week.
... before things heat up with the final confrontation of the book. We're gong to savor this tender moment before things go nuclear in the story.
I appreciate you, and the wouldn't exist withou...
I still can't get over how different the cadence and style of these old sermons is from what we do everyday together now. I still hope it's fun and useful and we are back to live in a couple of day...
2022-05-23 06:12:51 +0000 UTC View Post... deserve some screen time here because they play an important role in the story.
2022-05-10 13:59:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe five big speeches of Matthew are over, and now we're into the thoughtful, well-paced, conclusion to the story.
And it finishes with a bang. The end of the chapter rounds out at least two chapters worth of thought.
I think 24 and 25 have been the two most challenging passages so far, but I think we've al...
...buuuuuuuut it's going to take a little longer than that to sort it through. It just raises so dang many questions, about what I'm doing with my life, that it merits some extra attention.
2022-04-18 23:35:43 +0000 UTC View Post... this one, the wheat and the tares, and the shrewd manager are my favorites. I'm excited to think about this together.
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New chapter of Bible this week! We've got two super interesting parables coming up and we're going to have fun with them.
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This is another one of those places where we have to dig into some of the historical and cultural assumptions Jesus' audience would have brought with them in order to understand what he was saying ...
2022-03-28 06:49:51 +0000 UTC View Post....and into a bunch of clarifying parables. Jesus' teaching in Matthew 24 is hard and could feel overwhelming, but Jesus, who is the all time best at reading his audience, is now going to clarify ...
2022-03-21 17:29:31 +0000 UTC View Post... we keep the big picture of the book in front of us. I want to make every summary fresh and different so that happens.
Matthew in our hip pocket is the goal.
It's seriously impressive, and it also demonstrates that he's connecting the dots for his listeners on a bunch of narrative arcs from the Old Testament about God using the Nations to judge his peop...
2022-03-07 17:37:24 +0000 UTC View Post... is coming into focus pretty nicely I think. Because of the order in which Jesus answers the disciples' questions in Matthew chapter 24, it takes a little bit to unpack what he's actually doing,...
2022-03-01 05:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post.... to so many different points on the historical timeline, but that's kind of the fun of it. It invites consideration of the grand scheme of history and how the Bible is holding out God as being ...
2022-02-21 21:31:19 +0000 UTC View Post
....as predicted by Jesus regarding the big reckoning the disciples are asking about in Matthew 24. The first two parts of Jesus answer to that question were relatively simple to sort through, and ...
2022-02-14 05:27:51 +0000 UTC View PostThe disciples are trying to intellectually and socially navigate a very tricky moment for them and a couple of simple questions/ observations take them to a whole new place in their understanding o...
2022-02-07 06:53:55 +0000 UTC View Post.... with this whole story of the temple in our hip pocket.
(This is the fifth Monday of the month so we don't charge the patrons for this week. We do 48 patron supported weeks of podcast per y...
We're talking about what the temple was and why and how it mattered to Matthew's audience so that the last chapters of Matthew will make more sense.
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Here's a link to the formal statement on the issue: https://www.thetmbh.com/statement-r...
2022-01-20 16:48:52 +0000 UTC View PostAnd now it's time to move on to something new and different. Chapter 24 is fascinating and is going to offer a whole new batch of challenges and questions to consider, and I am excited to get going...
2022-01-17 15:02:50 +0000 UTC View Post... then usual, but this is one of those rare places where one's understanding of the text is affected by how a single Greek word is read. As always, I'm optimistic there's more than enough in the ...
2022-01-10 22:09:32 +0000 UTC View PostWe resume our quest to wring every last drop out of Matthew 23 this week. I hope the Christmas and New Year season were full of optimism and refreshment for you.
Very good things are ahead.
2022-01-03 06:45:23 +0000 UTC
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We did an uncharged Bonus Week the last month so I could take a week of vacation this month, and though I love doing this, boy do I need a week with my family. I'm going to use my spare brain time ...
2021-12-27 15:10:07 +0000 UTC View Post... listening to the bonus advent episodes! It's been great to see how many of you have made time to prepare for the advent celebration together.
Back to Matthew today!
Merry Christmas week ...
But not from me this time. It's the Pharisees' swearing we're looking at this time around in Matthew 23 as Jesus rebukes them in the third of seven woes.
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See that? We're already making a tough passage fun!
Brave faces friends, we're in Matthew 23!
It's rich and important even if it's crystal clear, well organized and strategic pronouncement of...
November had five Monday's this year, so I didn't check in at the beginning of the week as I usually do, because this week was a week of the podcast where the Patron's aren't charged. In the past I...
2021-12-04 01:13:07 +0000 UTC View Post... we get to spend together on this every day. And I'm grateful you're up for this deep dive pace.
Thank you.