Episodes

Pretend you're presented this in a game of What Would You Do... We are in the end times scenario where the Christian is presented the choice. Receive the Mark and pledge your allegiance to the Anti-Christ or refuse it and suffer the consequences on you own. You walk away from the world and all its support system completely. You live in your home. The mortgage is paid off but your town requires property taxes to be paid through the digital currency. You must carry the Mark for any monetary trans...

What is the fruit of faith? Check Luke 7:36-50. What seems like an awkward moment at the home of Simon the Pharisee becomes a beautiful depiction of how one responds to the forgiveness of sin. Notes to The Awkward Dinner Party Episode Link https://www.rabbitholesandmeditations.com/the-awkward-dinner-party/

We're starting a new feature, today. Once a week, we jump off our Podcast track and jump onto the rails of current news interests in the Christian community. I think more than ever, we are starting to see some prominent figures be more vocal about their religious convictions. Some of these guys have a bigger platform now than they did before they were cancelled. Tucker Carlson is no exception. Today, we land on a podcast between Tucker Carlson and Conrad Flynn. You may have never heard of Conrad...

I did my Bible Study last night with our small church group and got some great feedback that helped me think about this in a more broadly applicable, and maybe less confrontational framework. We live in a world of constant choices. And face it, the guilds in Thyatira existed before Christians entered the picture. The Church drifted away from its first priority. We still have to make those choices. We live in the world but not of the world as one of the brothers in my group put it so succinctly....

We continue on our Red-Letter journey today and we encounter a Centurion who seeks Jesus to heal his servant-slave. Let's first understand how upside down this is. Romans did not bow to Jews... let alone Roman commanders. Yet this man, commissioned in Capernaum, had probably heard Jesus teaching any number of times. He may have even been commanded as a guard in these situations to maintain peace as the crowds grew around Jesus. Whatever the case, he is very clear on who Jesus is. In fact, he is ...

We follow up from yesterday's podcast and try to see how compromise works. Ultimately, we are trying to understand how Christians end up compromising with the very things that go against their religion. This is not a left vs right issue. This is not even political. This is how Christians compromise with evil... and that is never good! Notes to Sliding Into Sodom Episode Link https://www.rabbitholesandmeditations.com/sliding-into-sodom/

We wander of the Red-letter trail today. I was asked to host a Bible study about persecution in America, or the lack thereof. When we talk about persecution in America, most people shrug and say, “We don’t have any real persecution here. Not like China, or North Korea, or the early church.” But maybe the reason we don’t feel persecution isn’t because it doesn’t exist — maybe it’s because we’ve bent under it. We compromise, we assuage, we bow to the person with the loudest voice. Let's face it....

Don’t Miss Your Ticket to Eternity Imagine this: by some miracle, you were told tomorrow’s winning lottery numbers. You write them down. You know they’re right. But then you decide not to bother buying a ticket. The next day the numbers are called—and sure enough, they’re the winners. But you have no ticket. That’s not a money-loss story. That’s a tragedy of unbelief. Jesus paints the same picture about eternity. In John 3:16, God has given us the winning numbers: “Whoever believes in H...

Jesus closes his sermon on the mount with a warning about false prophets. 2000 years later, in the information age, I'm not sure we'd recognize the warning even if the wolf was looking at you straight in the face and said "Baa"! That's a funny picture if it weren't so true. As I dug into this, I reflected on my own journey. When I became a Christian, I wanted to absorb and understand as much as I could and today, there are infinite places to go. I went to different churches. Met with different g...

Matthew 7:13–14 (ESV) “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” Did you ever want to dig deeper into this passage? Here's your chance. This presents a very sobering view for every Christian and every person that identifies as Christian. I know that Jesus says the road is difficult. But for me, while it is in som...

As we continue our Red-Letter Bible journey, we arrive at Matthew 7:7-12 and Luke 11:9-13. It is so easy to just gloss over this and because of this, our prayers become either very superficial or sometimes even scripted. And that loses the meaning of this passage. To bring it closer to home, I started to think about some of the best podcast hosts that I have listened to, and Joe Rogan comes to mind. He never comes to meeting with a scripted show. He is genuinely curious. So, think of it this wa...

They all but created a day online for today! It was Rapture Day! And then it wasn't. If you’ve followed this podcast from its inception, you’ve heard maybe 10 different podcasts about Rapture. Different theories, different timing abounds, and we’ve covered them all for the most part. So, what do we actually think? It’s interesting because I’m not a pastor but I kind of question those pastors who are discussing the imminence of the rapture. As a new Christian, I haven’t immersed myself in bibl...

I think we live in a culture of judges... doing so without considering their own inward issues first. Jesus isn't telling you not to judge... which is how Matthew 7:1 is used: Matthew 7:1 “Judge not, that you be not judged.” (ESV) I'll issue a challenging corollary that is often used: Judge the sin, not the sinner” is not biblical. Scripture commands us to judge both—actions and people—yet with mercy, humility, and the aim of restoration. God alone is final Judge, but we must exercis...

We live in a stress filled world. The two keywords in that sentence are "stress" and "world". Imagine your life if you could stop worrying so much about what tomorrow brings? In today's culture that sounds like a tall order. To chill out doesn't mean you have to slow down. It really comes down to the why behind your actions? If you're doing it because you're fearful about what would happen to you if you didn't, you need to consider your misplaced fear. Anxiety can be a trigger to understanding y...

This is convicting for a lot of Americans... but it doesn't have to be. God doesn't deny you your wealth. The question isn't about your money but what is it that you're relying on? Notes to Heavenly Retirement https://www.rabbitholesandmeditations.com/heavenly-retirement/

Leviticus is a tough book for me to read. It's a book of rules. I've been reading it slowly, in small chunks so my I can stay focused on the text. Well, last night, while I was reading Leviticus 18:24, I woke up! God said, "Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become defiled". The chapter names all kinds of sexual deviancy - much of it happening AND BECOMING ACCEPTABLE in the world today. Big red flag! Knowing what I know...

We're still following Jesus in our Red-Letter journey and Jesus is telling a crowd of followers: warning about hypocrisy, fearing God, confessing Christ and relying on the Holy Spirit and this guy speaks up and suggests to Jesus that He should tell his brother to share his money and inheritance with him. It's almost comical that he doesn't comprehend what Jesus has been saying. Sometimes we read this stuff that is just so obvious... until you start to look at your own heart. Then your smile fade...

I've listened to testimony after testimony. Many seem to start the same way. Some sort of abuse, trauma, evil in one's past. And often that is where the focus is. Is that to justify the sin? Very often it appears that way. We take a deep dive into this and uncover some profound truths about how we approach our past.

In our modern culture, it seems that we are rediscovering the physical benefits of fasting. Unfortunately, how we look in the mirror can take more precedence in our daily lives than how we look spiritually. Yes, there are physical benefits to fasting and even if you focus on the spiritual, you will see the physical benefits. But remember where Jesus words about fasting are in the bible? Matthew 6:16-18 is in the Sermon on the Mount. Fasting spiritually puts you deeper in prayer and provides a de...

We've seen this in every church - mumbling through the Lord's Prayer. Recited, forgetting it's reverence. Today, we hear from that persistent kid in the room - pestering the teacher (interesting that they referred to Jesus as teacher), looking for answers. Sometimes you want to tell that kid to be quiet... but Jesus want's that very kid in the room. That is when you start following your curiosity and your questions. You forget the adult side of you that wants to act like he knows everything. You...

When you give a large sum of money to someone or some charity, how does that make you feel? Good right? But ask yourself why? Do you want some credit for giving generously? Do you want to be recognized? Are you doing it so that you'll feel good about yourself? You might want to check your motivations for giving. We jump into Matthew 6:1-4 to see what Jesus says about giving. It may be more convicting than you think it is on the surface. Notes to Quiet Giving https://www.rabbitholesandmeditati...

We are outside the sequence of the Red-Letter Bible Study here, but I wanted to address this. If you get some of your religious content from social media (especially YouTube), then I'm sure you've caught the rapture buzz. The latest, among many is the feast of trumps and September 23rd 2025. I'm going to go out on a limb (with Bible in hand) and tell you that this prediction is false. Let me go one further. There is not going to be a pre-tribulation rapture! People are not going to suddenly dis...

You just bought a big red truck. You loved it. It was new, it was different and nobody else had one! You hop in, drive down the road and all of a sudden, there are big red trucks everywhere! Same model even! Ever had that happen? That's how the eye works. It illuminates what you're thinking about. The eye illuminates what's on the brain; what's in your heart. Let's talk about what Christ means when he says the eye is the lamp of the body. Notes to The Big Red Truck https://www.rabbitholesandme...

The Sermon on the Mount was a rollercoaster ride for me. Taken in isolation, Jesus sets an incredibly high standard. I can't possibly achieve what Jesus is suggesting here! It's convicting. I had to sit with the idea that "I'm doomed". I can't possibly live up to this. I need help. And then you realize: "Blessed are the poor in spirit". "Blessed are those who mourn." "Blessed are the meek." "Blessed are those who cry out for righteousness". Jesus is setting the stage for your new heart. You're ...