Bad Marriages in the Bible

Sean and Kate employ the help of U2, Patrick Dempsey, and The Lumineers to bring to life the poetic imagery between the two lovers. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org  

With the help of Bad Company and the woman in Luke 7 Sean and Kate unpack the good news of this erotic love poem. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org  

Kate and Sean discuss who wrote the Song of Solomon and how to read it.  Good news is this book is not just for married people:) Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org

Is sex easy or difficult to talk about for you?  This little book gives us a picture of redeemed desire and opens up the discussion.  In the words of Salt-N-Pepa, "Let's talk about sex, baby!" Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org  

Sean and Kate discuss how King Solomon's record of 700 wives and 300 concubines ( 1 Kings 11) and the current trend in our culutre toward what is being called "consensual nonmonogamy" both testify to our desperate need for a Savior.   Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org  

Sean and Kate discuss the terrible dysfunction among David's kids and how dark we can actually go as people.  BUT God's grace is always stronger and goes to the absolute depths of our brokenness, to the point of death to bring new life and set us free. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org  

When we hear the New Testament refer to Bathesheba as "the wife of Uriah" is that just God rubbing David's face in his sin?  Are we going to have to relive our worst moments over and over again for the rest of our lives?  Sean and Kate discuss how God's redemption and healing work in our neediest places and the nature of a testimony. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/pra...

No one likes to be confronted with our sin, but God brings it into the light to actually deal with it...to bring new life.  We see him preach his two words of law and gospel to David through the prophet Nathan and bring redemption out of the destruction of David's sin. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org  

It's the one you've all been waiting for...the infamous David and Bathsheba bad marriage.  We see the hero King David is just as much a sinner as the rest of us.  How does God redeem this? Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org  

David wants revenge against Abigail's idiot husband, but God sends Abigail to save David from himself and save the lives of many. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org  

Merry Christmas everyone!  Sean and Kate take a little moment to discuss the challenges facing Jesus' parents and the miraculous work for which God chose them.  Needless to say their relationship was certainly tested.  We're praying you all have a blessed Christmas celebrating the coming of Immanuel - God with us! Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dand...

Is there any hope for us when we're stuck?  Sean and Kate continue to look at David's first wife, Michal, who was stuck in her resentments and bitterness as a result of the hurts and traumas she had suffered.  Her story surprisingly gives us hope because she is just the kind of person Jesus came for. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionmi...

We feel our brokenness the most in the context of our relationships - the great need that each of us has for love.  The Bible continually highlights this void and asks, "Who can fill it?"  Sean and Kate discuss David's first marriage points us to the answer. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org  

Every year the list of religious leaders exposed for abuse grows...using their position of authority and implied trust and respect to take advantage of or manipulate others.  Sadly, this is nothing new.  Sean and Kate look at how Samuel's first job from God was to expose this kind of abuse by the priest and his family.  The Lord insured this story was recorded so that we might see that he sees us...

How does God meet us in our place of desperation?  Does he know our pain?  Does he hear our cry?  Kate and Sean discuss how Hannah's story brings great comfort to us when we're desperate and it seems like no one hears. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer requests: sean@dandelionministries.org  

Provocative feet, an amazing mother-in-law, and big redemption await you in this dramatic conclusion of Ruth.  Sean and Kate also discuss some tips on engaging with your family of origin this Thanksgiving holiday.  Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org  

Having difficult relationships with your in-laws is so common it's a cliche repeatedly played out in our movies and television shows, but the book of Ruth gives us a dramatically different picture of love between a daughter-in-law and her mother-in-law.  Kate and Sean discuss how Ruth's love for Naomi displays Jesus' faithfulness to us.  And they also enjoy some gleaning jokes...which we all love....

Kate and Sean look at Samson's seriously self-destructive condependent relationship with Delilah and how God brings deliverance and redemption out of it. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org  

Sean and Kate take a look at the culture of oppression, idolatry, and complacency and how God broke in to save his people using Samson's first bad marriage. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer concerns: sean@dandelionministries.org  

You may have heard the stories about the strong man in the Bible who never cut his hair, but I bet you've never heard the story about his parents.  Sean and Kate discuss Samson's parents and how their story is encouraging to any of us that are in the midst of a struggle. Check out our website: Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministrie...

Have you ever made a vow in a place of fear and desperation that you deeply regret?  Jephthah's vow is as bad as it gets.  What hope is there for those of us who have made horrible vows in our lives? Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us you questions and/or prayer requests: sean@dandelionministries.org  

Sean and Kate take a look at the man made famous by the Bible in your hotel room nightstand, Gideon, and his prodigious offspring.  They focus in on the question of what is true deliverance? Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org  

Sean and Kate bounce off a good marriage in Judges to discuss how to understand the Bible, tribal warfare, and whether or not women should speak in church. Some articles we reference in this episode for your further edification: Seabiscuit, Zoolander, and Sonship ; First Born 1 , 2 , and 3 ; and Ephesus Now . Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.or...

Sean and Kate intro the book of Judges looking at the Israelites' patterns of unfiahtfulness, our unhealthy coping methods, and how God intervenes to meet our needs. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org

Kate and Sean look at Jesus' Great (many times over) Grandma, who was the savior of Jewish spies in Jericho…and also happened to be a prostitute.  Grandma's got some crazy stories! Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org