Episodes

This has one of the shortest parables in the bible. And it's easy to say ok, when you plant a tiny mustard seed, it turns into a great big plant. I get it... and then you move on. But, not so fast. Let's watch the seed grow a...

How many times have we blasted through this parable? The wheat and the tares. Today we slowed down and let the Word speak. What we ended up seeing was the entire story of the Bible unfolding in this simple yet profound parabl...

I think most Christians understand the Parable of the Sower. It is very familiar. What may be less familiar are the nuances between the Gospels and how each presents a slightly different, though complimentary view of the para...

It is already filling up the YouTube air waves... Let's step back and take a solid, biblical look at what is going on in Gaza and whether we should be mapping biblical prophecy onto the current peace events in the Middle East...

No, it is not in scripture, but we used scripture and the meaning to write this parable. I prayed even before releasing this Podcast. Please listen and consider the source material in light of the intent. We start where Jesus...

I started this like any other deep dive in Scripture and while I started looking at the external, obvious comparisons between the Pharisees and the Catholic Church - which is important to bring up - I found that my own person...

Jesus has just healed a blind and mute man. The crowd who has seen the miracle is speculating that Jesus could indeed be the son of David. The Pharisees have to divert that belief. They can't deny the miracle, so they attack ...

Next in our Red-Letter series we encounter a blind mute. These passages (covered in Matthew 12:22-37, Mark 3:20-30 and Luke 11:14-26 are not just about casting out another demon. We've seen that countless times. By this point...

While I read Matthew 11:27, this was knocking around in my head: Jesus said: “No one can come to Me unless the Father draws him”. So, let's begin with that seeming paradox - Matthew 11:27.. Jesus said, ‘All things have been h...

Jesus gives a sharp rebuke to the local cities surrounding his ministry. Not just rebukes but Woe's. This is serious! In Matthew 11 he says to Capernaum (the town of his headquarters) - Mat 11:23-24 And you, Capernaum, will y...

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 suf...

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 Part...

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 figur...

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 ch...

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...

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 ...

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 perse...

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 ...

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 "Ba...

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...

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 ...

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 ti...

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.” ...

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. ...