Episode 126: Being like Jesus—Self-Control
It’s one thing to say that Jesus had every single fruit of the Spirit to perfection, but quite another to look at what that really…
Category: Gospel Studies
Episode 124: Being like Jesus—Forgiveness
Forgiveness is hard to understand and even harder to do. Grownups ask me all the time about what forgiveness is and isn’t, and if it…
Whitewashed Tombs??
This week we are continuing with our short teachings about the “woes” of Matthew 23. This one was pretty harsh, harsher than it seems without…
Clean Cups and Plates…and Circumcised Hearts?
This week we are going to deal with the section of Matthew 23 where Yeshua/Jesus takes the Pharisees and Scribes to task about doing the…
Awesome tithers–but missing the point!
This week we are continuing with our series on the Matthew 23 “woe to you Scribes and Pharisees” verses. It’s pretty tough to teach our…
Let Your Yes be Yes, for Pete’s Sake!!
This week I did a short video about something very frustrating that the first century Pharisees were doing. You see, they had some special rules…
Bible “Insults” and why we shouldn’t use them– “You Pharisee!”
This week we are starting a series on both context and showing good fruit in Biblical discussions. Grown-ups on social media often use what they…
The Roman Emperors: Politics in Israel Pt 5
Quite a few Roman Emperors show up in the Scriptures and they were all very different. Because the Gospel and Epistle authors were writing about…
Salt and Light: The Sermon on the Mount I
Okay, so we finished the Beatitudes and a lot of the context related to that, so this week we will go into the next four…
The Judean Governors: Politics in Israel Pt 4
So now we are getting into some cool context. The differences between Galilee, where Yeshua/Jesus grew up and lived as an adult, and Judea to…