[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6510209/height/90/width/600/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/570535/custom-color/06287b” height=”90″ width=”600″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] Having arrived in Jerusalem, Jesus very publicly travels to the Temple and begins to teach. It is a direct confrontation of and threat to the Sadducees (the Jewish sect governing the Temple). It is effectively Jesus’s last stand. Here on the mount where heaven...
Category: Biblical Studies
God, Self & Other – Luke 51: The Arrival of the King (Palm Sunday)
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6492807/height/90/width/600/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/570535/custom-color/06287b” height=”90″ width=”600″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] At last Jesus makes his entrance into Jerusalem – a scene loaded with symbolism of conquest and deliverance for Israel. Yet as we examine the story in detail, the foreshadowing of death and destruction come into view. This is a heartrending passage – one...
God, Self & Other – Luke 50: And This (Horrifying) Parable Means…?
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6467230/height/90/width/600/thumbnail/yes/render-playlist/no/theme/custom/tdest_id/570535/custom-color/06287b” height=”90″ width=”600″ scrolling=”no” allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen] As Jesus prepares for his final journey into Jerusalem, he tells the gathered crowd a terrifying story about a nobleman and his 3 slaves. And we’ll just say that things do not end well for at least one of the slaves! (Really, really not...