The Gospel According to Maddie

Saul of Tarsus is one of the most controversial figures in Christian history. Before becoming the Apostle Paul, he was a Pharisee who approved of Stephen's execution and began hunting followers of Jesus. But why? In this episode of Summer with Saul, we finally get to know Saul. We explore first-century Tarsus, Roman citizenship, Jewish education, the Pharisees, Gamaliel, and the centuries of h...

Last week, we built the world Saul would one day walk into. This week, the story truly begins. We explore the birth of the early church in the Book of Acts, the meaning of Pentecost, why thousands of Jews were gathered in Jerusalem, the first miracles of the apostles, and how the message of Jesus spread across the Roman Empire almost overnight. Then we meet Stephen. One of the church's first leade...

Welcome to Episode 1 of Summer with Saul! ☀️📜Before we can understand Paul, we have to understand the world he lived in. In this episode, we're stepping into the first-century Roman Empire to explore what life was really like when Jesus and Paul walked the earth. We'll talk about Rome, the Jewish diaspora, emperor worship, the different Jewish groups, the Gentile world, and why this moment in his...

Some episodes are carefully planned. This is not one of those episodes. This week, Drew and I somehow end up talking about Jesus, Dungeons & Dragons, bald eagles, Vampire Diaries, neighborhood block parties, Ecclesiastes, hot dogs, and what it actually means to be "chaotically good."Underneath all the chaos is something we've been thinking about a lot lately:What does it look lik...

This week we're all over the place... We talk about Ozempic, nicotine addiction, breaking autopilot habits, whole foods, healing the body, advertising, Tesla, government weirdness, veterans, moral injury, paddle boats, milk, marsupials, and why the world feels like it's completely lost the plot. Has the plot been too lost, or do you think we will get back to a more harmonious place?

This week started with a simple idea:"It doesn't matter."Then somehow we ended up talking about bad days, chiropractors, sheep farms, wolf domestication, AI, addiction, bacon propaganda, self-driving cars, America, and whether we're all giving too much power to things that don't deserve it. Maybe that's the point. The amount of power a bad day has over you is often the am...

This episode goes everywhere:insulin resistance, GLP-1s, Native American sterilization, World War II, religion, child labor, social media hate, Australian shepherds, capitalism, consciousness, and why people are losing the ability to love their neighbors. Somehow it all connects...Or maybe we’re just losing our minds 🤪🤪🤪Thank you, Justin, for joining me! FIND JUSTIN! https://www.facebook.com/Th...

This episode starts with war, missile systems, and NATO targeting software… and somehow ends with consciousness, Christianity, AI, psychedelics, decentralized systems, fractals, cannabis genetics, and what it actually means to be human. Eric joins us for one of the strangest and most fascinating conversations we’ve had yet. We talk about:• modern warfare and precision targeting• AI and the future...

Ancient people weren’t stupid. They knew empires rise. They knew power corrupts. They knew fear spreads. They knew systems eventually consume the people they were built to serve. So maybe Revelation wasn’t written as a secret code for people 2,000 years later trying to decode alien disclosure documents. Maybe it was written by humans trying to survive empire in real time... Maybe that’s why it sti...

People out here acting like knowing God gives them a free pass to treat others like trash. It doesn’t. Jesus didn’t walk around humiliating people. He forgave them. He corrected them. He loved them. So what are we doing??? Some of y’all are more concerned with being right than being kind… and that should scare you a little. Because if you “know the truth” and still choose to hurt people with it… t...

There’s a version of you that isn’t exhausted from pretending. A version of you that isn’t shrinking, filtering, performing. And I know it sounds harsh but…what if no one is coming to save you? Not in a scary way. In a wake up way. Because I really do think Jesus was coming to wake you up out of the fear matrix. Be weird. Be loud. Be too much. Or don’t. But at least let it be your choice.

Hello everyone, welcome back or welcome if you're new here! This is my version of flipping tables. Jesus wasn't telling you to hate people. He wasn't building a religion. He wasn't making you feel like you're broken. He was pointing everything back at you. So why are we still using his name to judge, shame, and control? In this episode, I break down what I believe is the actual...

You don’t need all the answers to live your life. Job never got one. And somehow… that’s the whole point. This episode is about:why suffering doesn’t always have a reasonhow your brain keeps you stuck in fearwhat it actually takes to rewire your nervous systemand why feeling safe might be the most important thing you ever learnThis year, we are changing that voice in our head that tells us we aren...

What if it’s not all deception… what if it’s fear? Fear of losing status, control, money, influence...so this week's episode is all about fear, and how to step outside of it, so you can start living your life! Thanks for listening, I love you all! Maddie

Welcome to a solo episode of  The Gospel According to Maddie. Today we’re diving a little bit into the brain: how it’s been shaped by your experiences, how your thoughts aren’t actually  you , and how you can start rewiring your mind in real time. We talk about: 🧠 Metacognition (thinking about your thoughts) 🧠 Anxiety and why it feels so real 🧠 Neuroplasticity and how change is actually possibl...

This week we talk about some of the teachings of Jesus, what the church did with them, and what we think He might actually have been teaching. And of course, Drew always coming with the deep truths. We love you all! Maddie & Drew

In this episode of  The Gospel According to Maddie , we use flat earth theory and online conspiracy culture as a jumping-off point to talk about confirmation bias, algorithmic reinforcement, metacognition, and the human tendency to build meaning through patterns. We also dig into the difference between following religion and following Jesus, arguing that Christ’s clearest message was not dominatio...

Hello!!!!!! Welcome back to another chaotic episode. This week, we learn more Greek, wonder about the origins of Latin, and Drew tells a secret from his childhood he probably should have kept to himself... Thank you for listening! We love you all! -Maddie & Drew

Have you ever noticed what kind of insults are in the bible? These people were being CALLED OUT. This week, Maddie shows a little bit of her neuroscience side. What really is witchcraft? Is it demons running around, or is it your psyche being manipulated? Either way, Jesus says Do not worry, and have faith, like a bunch. Does believing in science erase God? To us, it deepens our relationship with...

This episode started as:“Are you following Jesus or your religion?”It ended up becoming a conversation about:• Soul remembrance• Reincarnation• Conditioning• Why people fear awakened individuals• And how history punished people who remembered who they were

This week we talk about dreams in the bible, our own dreamscapes, and how we think God speaks to our spirit through our dreams! Do you have a dream world? Thanks always for listening,Maddie & DrewInstagram: ⁨@TheGospelAccordingtoMaddie⁩

Welcome back!!!This week, we discuss how God never raptured anyone out of the Bible. He always guides us through the chaos!!!! Maddie also discusses how lifespans in the Bible were meant to be read symbolically, not literally. We may also touch on how Maddie thinks Jesus may have written The Lord of the Rings under the pseudonym J.R.R.Tolkien. Thanks for listening! All love, Maddie & Drew

Hello friends! We really just went for it this week. No plan, just guided by the Holy Spirit!! Both of us have been filled with revelations lately, and we cannot wait to share them with you. Every day we learn more about how much of a badass Jesus is!!!All love,Drew & Maddie

This week we explore the transformation Paul made, and the one he is asking all of us to make. We explore what our own adversaries could be, what healthy partnership should look like, and we even touch on the concept of reincarnation??? 👀We hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoy yapping!!!-Maddie & Drew

This week we talk about fasting. The Bible mentions fasting no less than 70 times, so there must be some importance to it. In modern times, there are so many worldy things we could be fasting from. What's binding you to this world? Thanks for watching!-Maddie & Drew