[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6198933/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] “Love is the name of the game” is a phrase you hear frequently around here, and it’s true. But when love becomes a commandment, there is a temptation to turn love into duty, in which obedience to duty takes on a life of its...
Category: Biblical Studies
God, Self & Other – Luke 30: The Good Samaritan & the (Non-) Limits of God’s Love
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6160049/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] The parable of the Good Samaritan is often taught as a morality tale about the importance of compassion (with overtones implying that such acts of generosity are means by which one secures a place in the heavenly afterlife). But Jesus’s intent goes far deeper!...
The Dark Before the Dawn (Advent 2017), Part 02 – Israel on Trial
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6073188/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] Is God really a harsh judge, hovering in the heavens ready at any moment to accuse and punish? In this episode, we find ourselves jurors as God indeed places Israel on trial. And yet, even as God makes his case (airtight, we might...