Episode 161: Jesus, the Hannukah King
So, this year, I want to talk about Advent, which is a season on a lot of liturgical calendars but is often misunderstood as being…
Category: Feasts
Episode 135: Esther and the Great Big Mess
Last year, we talked about the stories of Esther and Vashti but this year we are going to focus on irresponsible King Ahasuerus, Esther’s cousin…
Episode 115: Yom Kippur–Why Does God Hate Lies So Much?
For Yom Kippur this year, the Day of Atonement when the Temple would be cleansed from the sins of the people of Israel, I want…
Episode 103: Pentecost–Ruth and How Kindness Changes Everything
What’s Pentecost? Why do we study Exodus and Ruth this weekend? And how does the story of Ruth change God’s mind about the Moabites? If…
Episode 97: Jesus and the Omer!
Today we are going to talk about the most exciting fifty days in the history of all the world! And also about why the strangest…
Episode 96: Passover and the Importance of Hope
There are terrible times in our lives when everything seems to have gone so wrong that nothing will ever be right again. When Jesus died,…
Episode 92: Esther and Vashti—Two Brave Queens
This weekend, Jewish people from all over the world will be celebrating Purim, a holiday which honors God for saving His people from the wicked…
Episode 87: Seven Special Babies in the Bible
Everyone is talking about Baby Jesus now, all over the world, but what you may not know is that God just loves to do things…
Episode 86: How Hannukah Gave Us Jesus!
What if the Maccabees never stood up to Antiochus Epiphanes? What if they had lost the war? What if Mary and Joseph had never been…
Episode 85: Hannukah and the Importance of Loyalty
We are taking a break for the next two weeks to talk about the celebration that made the birth of Jesus possible! That’s right—the Feast…