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Send us Fan Mail The completeness and wholeness of God is described in the concept of the Trinity. Like the Shema prayer spoken by many Jews daily, it has the sense of mind, body, and spirit. Christians see the mind, body, and spirit of God as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Rather than three beings, it is the wholeness of one being, just as humans are not separate mind, body...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus' interaction with Pilate is fascinating. Jesus was in between the religious powers of the temple and the hard military power of the Romans. The Root of David was also the representation of raw power. The Lion of Judah is the supremacy of Judah over all the other tribes. Ironically, these images of power are not what save us. Jesus is different. He lost. He went to the c...

Send us Fan Mail Paul uses a lot of military imagery in Ephesians. He uses words of fealty, like soldiers who give their loyalty to their commanders. He uses words of armor, shields, and swords. Why? Because military images conferred status and honor in Roman society. It made sense to fight off evil using these spiritual weapons. This was especially important to the Ephesians who worshipped the wa...

Send us Fan Mail In Isaiah 9:6, Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace sounds different in Hebrew. Pehleh yoehtz ehl gaboor avee yod sar shalom also translates like a single indigenous name: Mighty God is planning marvelous things, because the Eternal father rules in peace. In this podcast, I break the phrase down line by line in Hebrew and describe how we came to see...

Send us Fan Mail It's frustrating to us that we don't know more about the biography of Jesus, but in Luke 2 we get to see Jesus as a 12-year-old boy. It's important to know that the Gospels tell us what we need to know. For the ancient writers, the message was more important than the characters. In this episode, I describe how it makes perfect sense that a Galilean Jewish boy like J...

Send us Fan Mail Information overload is the defining part of our era. This directly relates to religion and the Bible. What can you trust or not trust? What is belief vs. faith? In this podcast I describe the reliability of information, referencing Yuval Noah Harari's new book "Nexus" and then I describe how it relates to the ordination process and ministry. Faith is more important...