Podcast Episodes

Jesus and the Kingdom of God - Gospel of Matthew Part 4

Episode 82

This teaching is about the second half of Matthew Chapter 4. Jesus is an adult in this segment, and he says his first words to the public (the people of Israel). He talks about the Kingdom or the rei…

Published on 7 years, 7 months ago

Testing Jesus in the Wilderness - Gospel of Matthew Part 3

Episode 81

This is specifically a teaching that I did about Matthew Chapter 4 and the well-known story of Jesus being tested by the evil one in the wilderness. One of my biggest goals was to debunk a bunch idea…

Published on 7 years, 7 months ago

God with Us - Gospel of Matthew Part 2

Episode 80

We are going to explore probably the most famous story from the Gospel of Matthew in today’s show. It is the Christmas story, or the story of Jesus’s birth (you know, all the iconic images of Joseph …

Published on 7 years, 7 months ago

Yahweh Saves - Gospel of Matthew Part 1

Episode 79

These sermons originally took almost two years to get through, and it was a remarkable experience for our whole church community. Stories of Jesus can become so over-familiarized that they begin to l…

Published on 7 years, 8 months ago

Love Is Not A Black Hole

Episode 78

These are famous love poems where Paul talks about nature and love in a Christian vocabulary. A lot of love poems from weddings begin right here in this teaching.

Paul didn’t write for people getting…

Published on 7 years, 8 months ago

The Messianic Passover

Episode 77

The meaning and the symbolism of that final meal left a HUGE impression on the disciples that were there. So much so, that some sort of account has made it into every single one of the Gospels in the…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

The Meaning of Hope

Episode 76

This was part of an Advent series that was kind of a stand-alone message the week before Christmas, and it is a reflection on the meaning of hope in the Old Testament. Hope is such an important virtu…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

Jesus' Final Words

Episode 75

You find these words only in the crucifixion account in the Gospel of John. And these words bring into culmination a whole theme throughout the entire story of John’s Gospel.

This sermon was from som…

Published on 7 years, 9 months ago

Faithfulness in Exile: Daniel Part 5 - Resurrection Hope

Episode 74

This episode is a reflection on Daniel Chapter 12 (the last chapter of Daniel) and how it culminates the dreams and visions that Daniel had in the chapters previous to that. Ultimately, this chapter …

Published on 7 years, 10 months ago

Faithfulness in Exile: Daniel Part 4 - So Righteous

Episode 73

The book of Daniel is about of a group of Israelites who are essentially kidnapped and exiled from their homeland. Daniel and his friends struggle to remain faithful to God in a place that is pressur…

Published on 7 years, 10 months ago