Mar 29, 2018
What does it look like - in practice - to love self? And is such love truly godly? (Isn't love of self was the very definition of selfishness, and that love of God and others are the true virtues?)
In this episode we look at Jesus's encounter with 10 lepers who take the risk to ask for mercy (always a safe bet with...
Mar 26, 2018
Maturity in the life of faith requires the ability bear unresolved tension, to live amidst truths that seems to contradict each other.
In this episode we examine three (more) declarations of Jesus that - at first read - appear terribly uncharitable. But as we study more closely, we discover a depth of love and grace we...
Mar 22, 2018
How ought we interpret Jesus's call to decisive loyalty (and the warnings that accompany them)? Is eternal, conscious torment truly the punishment that awaits the disloyal?
In this episode we examine one of Jesus's most disturbing parables, indeed one of the texts from which the church historically derived the picture...
Mar 19, 2018
The Bible is filled with warnings about the dangers of wealth - a danger stemming from wealth's capacity to make promises.
From political power to personal security to utter self-sufficiency, wealth claims it can set us free from anxiety and fill our hearts with meaning. And it's a lie.
In this episode we look at...
Mar 15, 2018
We have all had times of wandering very far from God; sometimes as an act of rebellion, other times as capitulation to sin. Sometimes circumstances overwhelm us and we find ourselves lost on the path of life. Whatever the cause, we have all found ourselves in a "foreign land," wondering what hope remains.
In this episode...