The Better Beautiful // The Answer to Every Question

How can we take "big picture" issues like the supremacy and sufficiency of Jesus and apply them to our lives and communities today? What does it mean for systemic injustice? What should the people of Jesus be known for, and is it too late to catch up? DURATION: 34 minutes

Was the Cross "cosmic child abuse"? What do we do with a Father willing to give His Son up on the altar as a "burnt offering"? Why do we need an offering at all, and why was Jesus' death the better offering? Join Jeff & Steph this week to tackle these loaded questions. RESOURCES: - "The Gospel of Christ Crucified: A Theology of Suffering Before Glory," John P. Harrigan SONGS TO SWIM IN: - "Saviour...

The Jeff & Steph Show returns this week to walk through Hebrews 8:1-9:10. What makes the "new covenant" particularly "new" and what does Israel's covenantal peculiarity mean for the rest of us? RESOURCES: "What About the New Covenant," FFOZ: https://ffoz.com/what-about-the-new-covenant-audio-cds.html SONGS TO SWIM IN: "Promises," Maverick City Music "Orange Park," Brian Wages (Album) DURATION: 34...

Or, "The One That'll Give Stephanie a Vulnerability Hangover." Find out why hope is not for the faint of heart and how it becomes the unflinching anchor for our souls. Songs To Swim In This Week: - "Daylight," Brave Saint Saturn - "Bet All I Have," Mission House Music DURATION: 37 minutes

What is your "pillow-top theology"—what do you think about God when you put your head on your pillow at night? Jeff & Steph explore our confidence in the immutable vows of the One who cuts and keeps eternal covenants. DURATION: 25 minutes

We tackle a harrowing warning against impossible repentance and work through how to wean ourselves off of bottles and start chewing the fatty meats of Scripture. Join Jeff & Steph this week as we seek the "better things" in store. DURATION: 25 minutes

The One With Melchizedek // Jeff & Steph tackle one of Scripture's notoriously mysterious figures, and consider the kindness of our greatest Intercessor: Jesus. Unlike any man in the Levitical priesthood, our Great High Priest is Himself the offering for our sin and will forever serve to make us right with God our Father. DURATION: 29 minutes (+ a special treat at the end!)

NEW EPISODE // "Therefore today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your heart....there is still a rest for the people of God." Dig through Hebrews 3-4 with us in the latest episode of #TheBetterBeautiful. How do we enter His rest, and how do we square up resting in His provision and promises with Scripture's calls to "endure to the end"? DURATION: 29 minutes #becauseJesus

"Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses." Join Jeff & Steph for a conversation about sons, servants, and shining faces—and how Jesus' days in the desert guide you into fuller grace for your own "wilderness" (or quarantine). DURATION: 20 minutes

This week, Jeff and Steph swim through the implications of Hebrews 2:1-4. With all the "white noise" of the podcasts, tweets, YouTube clips, and voices to listen to, messages to soak in, and songs to sing, why is the name and message of Jesus the "better declaration"? What does that mean for our lives? "Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. F...

Jeff & Steph return this week with a new episode of ‘The Better Beautiful.’ How do we spend these uncertain days? DURATION: 21 minutes THEME SONG: jessraymusic.com

SPECIAL EDITION of 'The Better Beautiful' // "I had no reason to go [back to Ireland], save for the Gospel and God's promises." Hear how the human trafficking survivor and strategic pioneer we call "Patrick" became the patron saint for the nation that stole years of his life—and how his legacy led to Jeff & Steph's favorite hymn. #becauseJesus DURATION: 20 minutes THEME SONG: jessraymusic.com

NEW EPISODE // Jesus is the better Brother. He saves us on the school yard, finds us in the far country, and goes and shares His inheritance with us. His kindness is appalling. Listen now in the FAI app: faimission.org/app #becauseJesus DURATION: 21 minutes

NEW EPISODE // #TheBetterBeautiful returns with a look at how & why the God-Man is better than angels. But we also ask important questions like if our guardian angels like the music we crank up in the car. #becauseJesus DURATION: 22 minutes THEME SONG: jessraymusic.com

The craziest thing about Jesus having the "Name above all names" is that He has it not because He is powerful and fancy and all-the-holy-things, but because He washes our feet and stoops low to meet our needs—and that commitment pinned Him to splintered wood with rusty nails to die a death we should've died to give us "life and life abundant." Incredible. DURATION: 18 minutes THEME SONG BY JESS RA...

It's the first episode of what we affectionately call "The Jeff & Steph Show," wherein we stare at Jesus, cry at beautiful truths, and make jokes that probably only we think are funny. We all have questions. Jesus is the answer to all of them. He is more than Sunday School simplicity. He is the irreducible minimum. He is the better Beautiful. DURATION: 14 MIN GET THE THEME SONG: jessraymusic.com