DEEP: Daily Encounter Enrichment Podcast

A #DEEP dive on the Book of Matthew 16:13-19 Peter’s Confession About Jesus. 13 When Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi * he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, * others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 * Simon Peter said in reply, “You...

First Sunday of Lent A #DEEP Dive on the Gospel of Mark 1:12-15 The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert,  and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him. After John had been arrested,  Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God: “This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent,...

A #DEEP dive on the Gospel of Luke 5:27-32 The Call of Levi.  27After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” 28 And leaving everything behind, * he got up and followed him. 29 Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were at table with them. 30 The Pharisees and th...

A #DEEP dive on the Gospel of Matthew 9:14-15 14 Then the disciples of John approached him and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast [much], but your disciples do not fast?” 15 Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. * ---------------------------------------...

A #DEEP dive on the Gospel of Luke 9 : 22-25 Jesus said to his disciples: "The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised." Then he said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but w...

A #DEEP dive on the Gospel of Matthew 6 : 1-6, 16-18 Jesus said to his disciples: "Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have rece...

A #DEEP dive on the Gospel of Mark 8 : 14-21 The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. He enjoined them, "Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod." They concluded among themselves that it was because they had no bread. When he became aware of this he said to them, "Why do you conclude that it is because you ha...

A #DEEP dive on the Book of Mark 8:11-13 The Demand for a Sign. 11 The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. 12 He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.” 13 Then he left them, got into the boat again, and went off to the other s...

A #DEEP dive on the Book of 1 Cor 10:31—11:1 Brothers and sisters, Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. Avoid giving offense, whether to the Jews or Greeks or  the church of God, just as I try to please everyone in every way, not seeking my own benefit but that of the many, that they may be saved. Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. ------------...

A #DEEP reflection on the Gospel of Mark 7 : 24-30 The Syrophoenician Woman’s Faith. 24 From that place he went off to the district of Tyre. * He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice. 25 Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and fell at his feet. 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged h...

A #DEEP reflection on the Gospel of Mark 7 : 31-37 The Healing of a Deaf Man. 31 Again he left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, into the district of the Decapolis. 32 And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him. 33 He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man’s ears and,...

A #DEEP reflection on the Gospel of Mark 7 : 24-30 Jesus went to the district of Tyre. He entered a house and wanted no one to know about it, but he could not escape notice. Soon a woman whose daughter had an unclean spirit heard about him. She came and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth, and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, "Le...

A #DEEP reflection on the Gospel of Mark 7 : 14-23 Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, "Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile." When he got home away from the crowd his disciples questioned him about the parable. He said to them, "Are even you likewise without understan...

A #DEEP Dive on the Gospel of Mark 7 : 1 - 13 When the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands. (For the Pharisees and, in fact, all Jews, do not eat without carefully washing their hands, keeping the tradition of the elders. And on coming from the marketplace they...

A #DEEP Dive on the Gospel of Mark 6:53-56 The Healings at Gennesaret. 53 After making the crossing, they came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. 54As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him. 55 They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. 56 Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they l...

A #DEEP Dive on the Gospel of Mark 1:29-39 On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her. He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them. When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were ill or possessed...

A #DEEP Dive on the Gospel of Mark 6:30-34 The Return of the Twelve. 30 The apostles * gathered together with Jesus and reported all they had done and taught. 31 * He said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” People were coming and going in great numbers, and they had no opportunity even to eat. 32So they went off in the boat by themselves to a deserted place. 3...

A #DEEP Dive on the Gospel of Mark 6:14-29 Herod’s Opinion of Jesus. * 14 King Herod * heard about it, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead; that is why mighty powers are at work in him.” 15 Others were saying, “He is Elijah”; still others, “He is a prophet like any of the prophets.” 16 But when Herod learned of it, he said, “I...

A #DEEP reflection on the Gospel of Mark 6 : 7-13 Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over unclean spirits. He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick--no food, no sack, no money in their belts. They were, however, to wear sandals but not a second tunic. He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until yo...

A #DEEP reflection on the Gospel of Mark 6 : 1-6 Jesus departed from there and came to his native place,  accompanied by his disciples. When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished. They said, "Where did this man get all this? What kind of wisdom has been given him? What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands! Is he not the carpenter, th...

Feast of the Presentation of the Lord A #DEEP dive into the Gospel of Luke 2:22-32 When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord, and to offer the sacrifice of a pair of turtledoves...

A #DEEP Dive on the Book of Psalms 31:20-24 20 Safe in your presence you hide them, far from human plotting, shielding them in your tent, far from contentious tongues. 21 Blessed be Yahweh who works for me miracles of his faithful love (in a fortified city)! 22 In a state of terror I cried, 'I have been cut off from your sight!' Yet you heard my plea for help when I cried out to you. 23 Love Yahwe...

A #DEEP Dive in the Gospel of Mark 1:21-28 Then they came to Capernaum, and on the sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and taught. The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit; he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who yo...

A #DEEP Dive on the Gospel of Mark 4:35-41 On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: “Let us cross to the other side.” Leaving the crowd, they took Jesus with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up. Jesus was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him...

A #DEEP Dive on the Gospel of Mark 4:26-34 Seed Grows of Itself. 26 He said, “This is how it is with the kingdom of God; * it is as if a man were to scatter seed j on the land 27and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how. 28Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29And when the grain is...