After Sunday: Digging Deeper

Parker and Elissa dig into the Gospel of Luke and the picture it gives us of Jesus as a compassionate Savior for all. From touching the leper everyone avoided, to eating with sinners, to making a Samaritan the hero of the story, Jesus continually moved toward the people others pushed aside.

Parker and Elissa unpack the Gospel of John, why John builds his account like a case for who Jesus really is, and what Thomas teaches us about the complicated relationship between faith and doubt.

Parker and Elissa walk through the Gospel of Mark and a question that gets increasingly uncomfortable: Have we created a version of Jesus that looks suspiciously like us?

In Matthew, the disciples followed Jesus straight into a storm so terrifying that experienced fishermen thought they were going to die. Meanwhile, Jesus was asleep in the boat. This week we kick off the New Testament with Matthew and unpack what “Immanuel, God with us” actually means when life gets hard. Because faith doesn’t guarantee smooth sailing. The question is whether you really believe God...

In this episode of After Sunday: Digging Deeper , we get into the uncomfortable stuff: money, giving, screen time, priorities, sacrifice, and whether our lives actually reflect what we say we believe.

We've never been more connected, more productive, or more distracted. Thousands of years before smartphones and endless notifications, Haggai confronted people who claimed they were simply "too busy" to put God first. Sound familiar?

Everybody thinks Zephaniah is one of the darkest books in the Bible. Judgment. Wrath. Doom. But almost nobody talks about how it ends. What if the biggest takeaway isn't God's anger... but the fact that He actually rejoices over His people? This episode flips one of the Bible's most misunderstood books upside down, exposing why God's warnings might actually be proof of His love.

Thousands of years before smartphones, AI, and social media, the prophet Habakkuk warned about something surprisingly familiar: people creating things with their own hands... then trusting those creations more than their Creator.

Sometimes the biggest enemy to your faith isn't sin. It's believing you know who deserves God's grace. This conversation dives into the rise and fall of Nineveh, the warnings of Micah, and the uncomfortable realization that God's timeline, justice, and mercy rarely look like ours.

Everybody talks about the fish. Nobody talks about the prophet who wanted an entire city wiped off the map. Jonah exposes something uncomfortable about human nature, forgiveness, and why God's mercy often offends the people who know Him best.

This week, Hunter and Elissa dive into Obadiah, the shortest book in the Bible, and uncover a warning that's as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago. Why does God oppose pride so strongly? Why do we secretly enjoy watching people get what they deserve? And why does God always seem to side with the humble, the broken, and the overlooked?

A massive disaster. A nation distracted by comfort. Religious people going through the motions while ignoring what actually matters. Sound familiar? This week we're unpacking Joel and Amos, two ancient books that feel shockingly current. We talk about why people usually don't change until life falls apart, how prosperity can quietly pull us away from God, and why Amos says your faith should be imp...

What do Hosea, Hollywood, and modern celebrity culture have in common? More than you'd think. This conversation dives into why success can create distance from God, why humans are quick to write people off, and why God's response to broken people looks nothing like ours.

The pressure to fit in. The demand to conform. The fear of standing alone. Sound familiar? Long before dystopian novels and social media, Daniel was living it. Babylon offered power, influence, comfort, and success. All he had to do was compromise. This week, we're unpacking one of the Bible's most relevant stories and asking a hard question: What happens when the culture around you wants your loy...

Israel lost everything. Ezekiel lost his future. Then God asked one insane question: “Can these bones live?” This episode dives into exile, spiritual numbness, and why God does His deepest work when your life feels completely wrecked.

Most people think Jeremiah is about judgment. Hunter and Elissa argue it’s actually about heartbreak. This episode explores the image of God as a grieving Father watching His people slowly drift away while still looking religious on the outside. Social media perfection, fake comfort preaching, and surface-level faith.

Cherubim covering their faces. Isaiah collapsing in fear. A holy God exposing every hidden thing. This episode dives into one of the heaviest moments in scripture and somehow turns it into one of the greatest pictures of hope in the Bible. If God already sees the worst parts of us, why does He still say “come closer”?

Everyone thinks they know what this book is. Almost nobody actually does. We get into why this might be one of the most misunderstood parts of the Bible and what it reveals about how God really sees you.

Ecclesiastes doesn’t sugarcoat anything. It calls out the emptiness behind chasing “the dream” and forces you to ask what actually matters.

Foolishness doesn’t scream at you. It flatters you. It tells you you’re fine. Meanwhile wisdom is telling you to slow down, be disciplined, and do the hard thing. We break down Proverbs and why ignoring that voice is how people slowly wreck everything.

Psalms starts with confusion and questions. That is not failure. That is part of the process. We talk through why feeling lost might actually mean you are right where you need to be.

Everyone asks it. Nobody likes the answer. This episode walks through Job’s story, brutal honesty with God, and the reality that sometimes His presence matters more than an explanation.

Esther walks into a room where she could be killed on the spot. No backup plan. No guarantees. Just faith. This episode breaks down one of the wildest moments in scripture and what real courage actually looks like in your life today.

When life gets hard, most people react the same way...and it’s exactly why they stay stuck. We break down what actually happens when pressure shows up, why your instincts might be wrong, and how people in the Bible handled it way differently than we do now. It’s not what you think.

This week on After Sunday we get into one of the wildest redemption stories in the Bible. Manasseh might be the worst king Judah ever had. Idolatry, child sacrifice, spiritual collapse. Total disaster. Then somehow he humbles himself and God restores him. So that raises a weird question. If God can restore that guy… what does that mean for people we think are beyond hope? We talk about the outrage...