Judges 3:1-30 (Episode 200)
A left-handed man has a short sword and a message from God for a fat king.
Luke 9:49-10:12 (Episode 146)
Jesus sets His face toward Jerusalem as the disciples struggle with greatness.
Neither Bootlicking Nor Pigheadedness: Freedom of Speech Before God
Sometimes believers vigorously debate God, sometimes they nod a silent Amen. Together, their narratives paint a picture of a life of faith characterized by complexity and tension.
Old Testament: Isaiah 9:1-4 (Epiphany 3: Series A)
We preach, teach and confess the virgin birth, and rightly so, but the actual sign is not the Virgin giving birth, it is the Child who is born.
Epistle: I Corinthians 1:10-18 (Epiphany 3: Series A)
The Church becomes anti-church when the new world order Christ inaugurated by eliminating demographic division through the commonality of Baptism is exploded by allegiance to cults of personality.