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Re-member!
So you say you’re a part of a church? Perhaps you’ve been forgetting about some of her members.
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Walled Gardens
If you’re trying to rule a kingdom in the 1400’s, good strong walls are a great asset. If you’re trying to maximize profits, keeping competition at bay is very helpful. If you’re part of a religious organization, chances are someone has (or will) try to build some walls to “protect” it. Is this good, or…
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The SCARIEST Words in the Bible
The Bible teaches us many amazing things, and simple things, and complex things, and … terrifying things.Today’s episode is teaching on perhaps the most SCARY thing in the Bible for modern Christians. The ideas discussed herein just might leave you unable to carry on with life as you always knew it. Your pastor might never…
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Warning: Hard Work ahead!
In a world of AI, air travel, and microwaves, working hard to accomplish a task seems like such a waste of effort. We want our religion to be give to us pre-packaged, and we want to understand it without having to think very much. Bible study is indeed made far easier by leaning on the…
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Can 7 WORDS Really change the way you Worship?
Everything is oversold these days. Hyperbole is the new normal. So when a friend lent me a book claiming my worship would be change in just 7 words, I was not very expectant…but I did eventually read the book. Find out in today’s episode if it lived up to the dust jacket’s claims. It’s dirt…
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Jesus Died on Thursday?
Every year most Christians celebrate Holy Week by commemorating a Friday crucifixion and a Sunday empty tomb. Is this correct? Since childhood I was irked by the idea that a Friday crucifixion wouldn’t fulfill the “sign of Jonah” given in Matthew 12:40, “For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly…
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God With Us – Did “Immanuel” end when Jesus returned to heaven?
There is a prophesy in Isaiah that foretells one who would be called “Immanuel”, or “God with us.” But in what way would God be with us? An account in Luke 7 may indicate that the normal Christian assumption about God’s presence with us as fully-divine-Jesus might not be the best way of thinking about…
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Time for Some Milk – What jealousy and strife say about our spiritual maturity
Those who highly value the Bible often assume that their years of study mean they have progressed from spiritual infancy to maturity. In today’s episode, we discover that often quite the opposite is true–that complex arguments leading to increasing division within the church do not equate to spiritual depth. Join me for a look at…
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Fight Nice – a protestant defends the Pope
In December 2023, the Vatican released a document regarding pastoral blessings, which was promptly weaponized by countless Christians against the Pope, many of whom evidently either did not bother to read the document itself, or did so with bad intent. News media was filled with headlines of this declaration and reports of dissension within the…
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How to LOSE followers (the right way)
Sometimes, the most important things we need to hear come in the most innocuous of settings. As pastors and ministers and YouTubers strive to gain and keep members and followers, John the Baptist is glad to give up his disciples so they can run after Jesus. Are YOU the friend of the bridegroom, Jesus, or…
