Good Fruit, Good Root

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Join hosts Denise and Kyla as they seek to answer the age-old questions: What is love? What does it mean to be human? For what purpose were we created? And how can we best reflect the image of our Creator? Plus hear our favorite fictional couples and discussion about how stories reflect humanity and humanity, similarly, reflects...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Join hosts Denise and Kyla as they journey back to the very beginning because it's a very good place to start! Does the original language of Genesis 1:1 imply that there was something before the creation narrative? How is each member of the Trinity revealed in the text of the chapter? What significance is there to the order...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Join hosts Denise and Kyla as they juxtapose these two seemingly random miracles. How do these signs effectively mirror one another? What do they reveal to us about the mission of Jesus Christ? How do they show us the mandate for how we should behave as Christians?  Plus find out why the healing of the hunched woman is Kyla&apos...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Join hosts Denise and Kyla as they discuss the healing of the paralytic at the pool of Bethesda and the blind man who washed in the pool of Siloam. What do each of these miracles reveal about the nature of Christ? What happens when fixate on the process instead of what should be our priority? How central should sin be to our sen...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Join hosts Denise and Kyla as they examine the healings of the woman with the issue of blood and Jairus's daughter. What do these miracles reveal about the nature of Jesus Christ? How do the synoptic gospels present these narratives differently? What is the significance of there being distinctions in the gospel accounts? Al...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Listen as hosts Denise and Kyla embark on a new series examining the miracles of Jesus. Can intercession change the working of God? What does Luke 5 teach us about the type of friend we should both be and befriend? And most importantly what do these signs reveal about the nature of Jesus?  All of this, plus an extra special gues...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Join hosts Denise and Kyla as they examine the role of the Holy Spirit. How does the third member of the Trinity operate in the lives of both believers and unbelievers? Is there importance in the distinction between Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit? How should we conceptualize this person and how should our conduct be affected by a re...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Join hosts Denise and Kyla as they examine the observances of Shavuot and Pentecost. How do these celebrations mirror one another? How do the narratives of Babel, Sinai and Pentecost similarly mirror each other? How powerful is holy (and unholy) unity? And what is the objective of us being unified together in the Spirit? All of...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Join hosts Denise and Kyla as they examine the gospel sermon delivered by Paul to the Athenians. What can we learn about evangelism from this passage? What does it mean for us to be described as the "offspring" of God? And why is the location of this sermon so significant? Plus, listen as we share our best (and worst!)...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Join hosts Denise and Kyla as they examine the narrative of Genesis 38. What does this often skipped passage teach us about wrestling with difficult scriptures? What does it reveal about generational trauma? What does it offer on the notions of covenant and conversion? And how does Judah model sincere Biblical repentance? All of...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Join hosts Denise and Kyla as they delve into the story of Jacob at the Jabbok. What's in a name? What can be found in the midst of a willingness to wrestle? How essential is it that we as humans embrace the mandate to wrestle with God? How can God transform us while wrestling?  All of this plus a thorough examination of Es...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Join hosts Denise and Kyla as they begin examining the life of Jacob. Does it cheapen the Biblical text for the patriarchs to be viewed as paragons of goodness?  In what ways do the patriarchs and matriarchs serve as cautionary tales? How sympathetic of a character is Esau? And how is the nature of God revealed in Jacob's e...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Join hosts Denise and Kyla as we examine the stories of Jesus's first appearance to Peter and His first appearance to him after His resurrection. What similarities do we find between these two narratives? What differences do we notice? And how do these two pericopes when juxtaposed reveal the heart of Christ?  Plus learn ab...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Join hosts Denise and Kyla as they discuss the significances of the appearances of Jesus after His resurrection. What specifically is revealed in how He appeared to Mary Magdalene, the travelers on the road to Emmaus and Thomas? How important is the mandate that we share the testimony of our encounters with Jesus? Can Jesus trul...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Join Denise and Kyla for a discussion on this oft-omitted event of Holy Week. What does it mean that Jesus entered the holding place of the dead? How central is this to Christian theology? Why has the modern church shied away from teaching it? How does the Harrowing of Hell help us to understand the heart and mission of Jesus Ch...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Join hosts Denise and Kyla as they journey through the timely topics of Biblical Madness, foot washing and the Last Supper. What is sanctification? What isn't sanctification? And how is it revealed in washing feet? We examine the text of John 13 to provide answers to these important questions, and in so doing we experience...

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Enjoy an introduction to hosts Kyla and Denise in this special episode! Learn their nicknames, testimonies and favorite passages of scripture, as well as the recurring segments they have planned for the pod! *Note: this episode was recorded nearly a year prior to publishing* Support the show

Let us hear from you! Send us any questions or comments you may have. Listen as hosts Kyla and Denise examine Matthew 21:18-19 and its connection to Genesis 3! Learn the distinction between exegesis and eisegesis and the symbolic significance of fig leaves throughout the biblical text. *Note: this episode was recorded nearly a year prior to publishing* Support the show