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Send us Fan Mail This week we're continuing our walk through Matthew 27 by discussing the death of Jesus. We're walking through the weight of this moment in history and unpacking the realities of what happened.  Often times as we contemplate the passion narrative, we read Jesus as the hero and someone or a group as the villain when in fact Jesus is the only one with the authority to lay...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are continuing our coverage of Matthew 27 by discussing the crucifixion of Jesus. We're covering the realities of this Roman execution, the importance of the correct perspective when reading Matthew's account and the sitting in the significance of what's happening.  In this episode we're covering the details we have in Matthew about how Pilate trie...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're beginning Matthew chapter 27. In this week's episode we're discussing the aftermath of the "trail" of Jesus. We discuss we the realities of what happened with Judas and explain the idiosyncrasies of what this gospel account covers in comparison to other parts of the bible as well as a look into how the language that's used here helps t...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're wrapping up Matthew 26 by covering the trial of Jesus. We're discussing Jesus in front of Caiaphas and the significance of his silence as well as when He speaks and what He says.  We cover the importance of not falling into the trap of ready a villain into the narrative as well as explain Peter's actions and his turn towards repentance by the time ev...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're continuing Matthew 26. We're picking up right where we left off last week by following the moments right after the Passover meal as Jesus and a few disciples go to the garden of Gethsemane to pray.  We cover the humanity of the Son of Man on full display, the importance of what He prays and his dedication to the Father's will above his own and the si...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're continuing our conversation on Matthew 26. We start off by discussing Judas betraying Jesus to the religious leaders and the implications of Jesus's words to him during their meal together.  We then move into the Passover meal. We take a look at this beautiful moment shared with Jesus and the men that He did life with and discuss why this moment in histor...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're beginning our walk through Jesus's last days. As things ramp up into a crescendo, after wrapping up His last teaching that was filled with language of warning and the power and glory of His second coming we are almost immediately met with the reality of what Jesus came to do.  We are getting closer to the Passover meal and ultimately the death of Jesus an...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're covering Matthew 25 and the parables of the Ten Virgins, The Talents and The Sheep and Goats. In all 3 of these parables, Jesus presents a need for us as Kingdom Citizens to be prepared for His coming...but what does that mean?  Far too often these parables are taught as either a moral tale or a scare tactic that Jesus may come at any moment so we must always...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're finishing up Matthew 24 by discussing the The Coming of The Son of Man. We're walking through some of the different interpretations that exist around this section of scripture including the thought that the entirety of these verses center around the destruction of the temple in A.D 70.  We're discussing how certain events in human history act as a sh...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're continuing our breakdown of Matthew 24 by discussing the abomination of desolation. We're covering how the echoes of past events act as forshadowings of the ultimate fulfillment spoken about by Jesus.  We also discuss how Jesus's words conflict with modern popular interpretations of end times events including as the title suggests...The Rapture.   Su...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're beginning our discussion of Matthew 24 and getting into a conversation about the "end times". This is a subject that is at the heart of a lot of fierce debate within the Christian world with a lot of different hot takes, theories and time lines.  Our goal is to ignore the desire to create a timeline of events and focus on a Christocentric breakdown o...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're doubling back to clarify a few things from last week that you guys had some questions about dealing with the application of Matthew 23 on the modern context and impact of Jesus' words on us today while still considering the original context of the chapter.  In the clarification we're unpacking the realities of how easy it is as a human to miss the po...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're covering the first part of Matthew 23 where Jesus is in the midst of one of his final teaching moments during his earthly ministry on His way to the cross. He systematically breaks down some of the ways that the religious leaders are missing the point and we go into how we today can draw on these lessons as to not make the minor notes into the major notes and...

Send us Fan Mail The Intersection of Law and Love This week we're covering the rest of Matthew 22. In this episode we're going to discuss the question presented to Jesus by the Sadducees about the Resurrection. We're going to unpack what Jesus says as well as HOW and WHY He says what He says.  This is where we are going to see Jesus present a response using specifically scripture th...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're covering the first 22 chapters of Matthew. We're starting with the parable of the wedding feast. Jesus tells a parable about a King's invitation to a royal wedding feast that the original guests ignore and how he reacts when someone comes with the wrong intention.  Next we move onto something that can be uncomfortable to think about it and it's...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're beginning the final leg of our walk through Matthew by covering Matthew chapter 21. This is where we see a heightened amount of Old Testament history and teaching meeting where Jesus is and what Jesus is doing as centuries of backstory are coming to a climax at this point.  We're covering the significance of Palm Sunday as well as "table flipping Jes...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're wrapping up Matthew Chapter 20 and discussing the request made by the mother of James and John and how Jesus responds to her as well as to the disciples when they get out of sorts about the hierarchy of their group.  We then discuss the final acts recorded before we enter into the beginning of the climax of Jesus's ministry and well...life.  Support the s...

Send us Fan Mail This year for Holy Week, I'm joined by Andrew from the Ministry Misfits as we walk through the beats of the week and discuss the incredible impact of the entire store that takes place and power of allow the entire store to harmonize.  We're going from the Triumphal Entry to the Empty tomb and cover significant of each of beat, highlight what Jesus does and doesn't d...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're finishing Matthew 19 by discussing the conversation that Jesus has with the rich young ruler about the key to eternal life. Jesus outlines what it means to follow Him and the importance of proper perspective and motivation.  We then move into Matthew 20 and discuss the parable of the workers and discuss the beauty of the unchanging grace of God.  Support the s...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're covering the first part of Matthew 19 where Jesus is tested by the Pharisees about the subject of divorce. While I fully understand this is an awkward conversation, it's an important one.  So as we embark on the conversation, I ask that you enter into it with a posture that allows the text to speak for itself, free from the baggage of our own perspectives...

Send us Fan Mail The Heartbeat of The Kingdom (Matthew Series) This week we're working our way through the rest of Matthew chapter 18.  In this chapter we're going to be covering a few different core concepts that are at the very heartbeat of God's Kingdom.  We're starting off by covering the parable of the lost sheep as we discuss what we are called to do with someone who has...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're working our way through Matthew Chapter 17. We're starting off with the miraculous event of Jesus's Transfiguration where He meets with Moses and Elijah. We dig into the significant of the fulfillment of the mission and purpose of the Law and Prophets as well as the reaction of the disciples that were present for it. We also get a chance to "see...

Send us Fan Mail The Authority of The Kingdom (The Matthew Series) This week we're finishing up Matthew chapter 16 and discussing some of the most important moments in this account of the life and ministry of Jesus.  We're starting off by breaking down the divine revelation of Jesus as the Son of God given to Peter by God and beauty of the transformational work that God has and will be d...

Send us Fan Mail More Than a Healing (Matthew Series) This week we're finishing up Matthew 15 by discussing another portrayal of Jesus healing and feeding but this time we're peeling back the layers and setting the context for what's happening here in a effort to uncover the radical beauty of God's heart for humanity that is on full display to a group of "outsiders" a...

Send us Fan Mail A Desperate Plea Answered with Racism? This week on BuddyWalk with Jesus we're getting uncomfortable. We've made it to Matthew 15 and baked into this section of scripture is a very controversial scene involving Jesus and a Canaanite woman. While this might be uncomfortable there are two major topics in the short section that we need to discuss in order to fully comprehen...