[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...
Tag: interpreting luke
God, Self & Other – Luke 28: Go and Bless (the Sending of the 70)
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6039905/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] Few words terrify the typical Christian like “evangelism.” It instantly conjures images of hellfire preachers on corners or, worse yet, the awkwardly forced conversation about Jesus with a “non-believing” friend (ugh!). It’s worth noting that Jesus did neither of these, nor asked it of...
The Dark Before the Dawn (Advent 2017), Part 01 – The False Hope of False Gods
[iframe style=”border:none” src=”//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6028456/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] Interrupting your regularly scheduled sermon from Luke with a sermon for Advent… Advent is the season of preparation for Jesus’s coming, a time to remember his birth in Bethlehem, yes, but primarily a time to remember that Jesus is coming again. In short,...