ReThink Mission

In this last Podcast of the Advent Season Monica and Mike talk about Jesus' teaching on love, they discuss marxism and its influence in christian thinking.

Week seventeen: Love Your Neighbor. In this week we discuss Jesus’ teaching about Love. We focus upon what it means to take Jesus teaching seriously.

Week sixteen: We discuss Isaiah 42,49, 53. Jesus’ calling and mission to the lost. We analyze the claim that God prefers the poor and Jesus is for the marginalized.

In this bonus Episode Monica and Mike discuss episode 13, 14, and 15. We discuss the Kingdom of God and Jesus mission and

In this discussion we focus upon the Jewish people and how Jesus is reconstituting Israel. We talk about belonging and what it means to belong to a group or group citizenship. We discussion the Sermon on the Mount and the difference between Jewish ethics and Greek Ethics.

This week we discuss the Healing ministry of Jesus. In this week we discuss the effect of Jesus healing the sick, casting out demons and controlling the power of nature.

In this episode we discuss the idea of the Kingdom of God and Jesus' mission to create it. We talk about the anointing of Christ as prophet priest and king. We discuss Jesus identity as a dyadic person who receives his mission from his Father.

Brad and Monica join our bonus episode talking about the Kingdom of God.

We begin by examining Jesus' proclamation to repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. We discuss the reality of Kingdom and what a kingdom means.

In week 11 we discuss the Zealots and the Jewish resistance to Roman / foreign rule. The zealots are constantly attempting to create social unrest and open revolt. What were Jewish expectations for the Messiah?

The conquest of Herod the Great. Conquest, politics and place in the Jewish mind. How did an Idumean come to be in charge of Jews? How did Rome get involved in Israel. This podcast we find out.

Another Surprise Bonus week. This week we bring a guest on to discuss the Hasmonean Revolt and the rise of Rome!

Roman history, Roman world-view. Roman military, Roman warfare, The Punic wars, Hannibal. Roman mentality of complete domination or complete destruction. We discuss shrewd Roman politics.

The Jews revolt against foreign rule. This changes the post exile mindset. Oppression is not from God. Self rule is idealized. How the Jews gained independence.

Another bonus episode. This week Monica Nall and Michael Brown discuss the implications from the week 7 release, on Dark powers.

Today we discuss healings power and wonder workers in the ancient world. We take a look at the magic papyri and we discuss the difference between religion today and religion in the ancient world. They view humanity as under the control of dark powers.

Today we discuss social dynamics. We lay the foundation for understanding 1st century interpersonal social networks. We talk about agonistic societies, and the competition for the limited resource of honor and shame. We discuss the importance of friendship and family in the ancient world.

We lay the foundations for cultural conflict and the foundations for Pharasees Sadducees, Antiochus Epiphanies. Hellenization is a major problem for the Jews.

Week 4 bonus material! This week Monica Nall and Mike Brown review the controversial material in week four.

In this week we discuss what it means to be a person in the ancient world. We discuss some things like relationships religion and Dark powers.

We contrast Jewish thought world against the Greek polis; Jewish people understood God in terms of punishment and covenant.

We provide a brief introduction to Greek philosophy and the importance of the polis, we discuss The Iliad. We introduce the idea of Hellenization and how it influenced the culture and the world.

What is a dyadic personality? How does a collective identity differ from an individualistic personality?