Episode Details

00:00 Welcome Back + Pastor Mark’s Belated Birthday Banter

02:31 Jumping Into the Reading: Numbers & Mark + Who Wrote the Pentateuch?

02:55 Inspiration, Editors, and the JEDP Hypothesis (What We Reject/Allow)

04:51 Humility, Moses’ “Meekest Man” Line, and Paul’s Bold Claims

05:40 Book Recommendation: 'The Heresy of Orthodoxy' and Trusting the Text

06:42 Numbers 1–2 Overview: Census, Camp Layout, and God’s Order

08:14 What Numbers Teaches Us: God’s Specificity, Worship Centrality, Levites’ Role

10:39 Mark 3:1–6 — Healing on the Sabbath & Jesus’ Anger at Hard Hearts

11:59 Righteous vs. Sinful Anger (and the Preston Road Driving Test)

13:30 Crowds, Demons, and the 'Messianic Secret' in Mark

15:25 Appointing the Twelve Apostles + When Family Thinks You’re Crazy

16:36 Closing Prayer, Farewell, and Podcast Outro

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