What is important about John the Baptist and his message about preparing the way for Jesus? Listen in to hear more. https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=16873463
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Podcast: Matthew 2:19-23–Comparing Jesus to Samson
Why was it important that Jesus was a Nazarite? How can He be compared to the famous Old Testament Nazarite, Samson? This episode discusses the last verses of Matthew's second chapter. https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=16693268
Podcast: Matthew 2:11-18–The Death of Innocents
There are two important things to glean from these few verses in Matthew. One is about Jesus retracing the steps of the children of Israel, doing correctly what everyone before Him did incorrectly. The second is in regard to the death of the innocents by Herod. How can we make sense of this tragedy, that … Continue reading Podcast: Matthew 2:11-18–The Death of Innocents
Podcast: A fresh perspective on Matthew 2
We all know the story of Jesus' birth and the Wise Men. But there are some interesting contrasts and important questions that Matthew 2 brings up that might not have come to your mind before. Listen in to hear a fresh perspective on this familiar text. https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=16528637
Podcast: Matthew 1:18-23 on marriage
This text from Matthew 1 offers the opportunity to consider marriage in Mary and Joseph's day, and how it compares with relationships and marriage in our time. https://oembed.libsyn.com/embed?item_id=16413644
Beginning the Steady Life and Work of Ambassadors
What is the best word for orienting and acclimating people to a new job? A quick google search suggested the hip and up-to-date term, “onboarding.” Since ambassadorship is sometimes like taking lifeboats out to save drowning people, “onboarding” seems to be a good fit. Podcast episodes so far (1-33) have concentrated on our identity as … Continue reading Beginning the Steady Life and Work of Ambassadors
Podcast #33: Peril and Promise
We have been thinking through the nature of the life of an ambassador and it is the best of all possible lives. The problem is that we live that life within a corrupt human nature that always wants to revert to the way of the world from which we were redeemed. We live with the … Continue reading Podcast #33: Peril and Promise
Podcast #32: Poor in Spirit, and an Easy Yoke
Have you been able to keep Christ in your consciousness since our last post, or have the currents of this world swept you away again? There is no need to be ashamed of that or even afraid because of it. Remember that our human nature remains native to this world even while our regenerate soul … Continue reading Podcast #32: Poor in Spirit, and an Easy Yoke
Podcast #31: Renewal in Scripture: New and Old Wineskins
Can ambassadors be swept up in the currents of thought and busy-ness of the foreign land in which they serve? Of course, and so much more easily when our human nature has its origins in that foreign land. The consciousness of our mind never actually changes and so remains bound up in this world. (Just … Continue reading Podcast #31: Renewal in Scripture: New and Old Wineskins
Podcast #30: Sharing the good news
As ambassadors of the kingdom of heaven, we are called and we desire to share the good news. But it can be a real challenge to communicate it. The gospel that we share is often reduced to forgiveness and faith. What are the limits of that, and what else does the Bible have to say … Continue reading Podcast #30: Sharing the good news