The TMP Podcast

Moses pleads with YHWH to let him cross the Jordan—and hears a firm “No.” Instead, he is told to strengthen Joshua and to teach the people to listen, love, and obey. Isaiah welcomes foreigners and eunuchs who join themselves to YHWH. Jesus answers a question about eternal life with the story of a Samaritan who acts like a neighbor, then teaches His followers to pray to the Father who loves to give...

Deuteronomy opens with Moses speaking “these words” on the plains of Moab. He retells the journey—from Horeb to the failed entry at Kadesh, through years of wandering, to recent victories east of the Jordan. Isaiah invites thirsty people to come and listen so they may live. Jesus sets His face toward Jerusalem, calls for whole-hearted discipleship, and sends out messengers of the kingdom. At the e...

Pastor Bob casts the vision of The Meeting Place for the upcoming season.

Numbers closes by retracing Israel’s steps, marking boundaries, assigning cities, and guarding inheritance. Isaiah sings over a barren woman whose tent is about to expand. Jesus corrects His disciples when they try to shut down someone casting out demons in His name. In the wilderness, God is forming not just a people with a place, but a people with a certain kind of heart—rooted, yet open.

As Israel nears the land, questions of commitment and comfort rise to the surface. Vows must be honoured. A battle with Midian exposes the cost of sin. Two tribes see good pasture east of the Jordan and ask to settle there. Isaiah reveals a Servant who carries the sins of many. Jesus speaks of betrayal while His disciples argue about greatness. In the wilderness, will God’s people choose self-prot...

In the fallout from Israel’s sin at Peor, one sharp act of zeal stops a plague and leads to a covenant of peace. A new generation is counted, Joshua is commissioned, and the rhythm of offerings is restated as Israel nears the land. Isaiah announces good news: God is returning to Zion. Jesus comes down from the mountain and steps straight into a scene of spiritual chaos, bringing deliverance where...

From Israel’s point of view, this is just another stretch of wilderness. But behind the scenes, a king hires a sorcerer to curse them, a donkey sees what a prophet does not, and God turns curses into blessings. Then, just when they seem most “protected,” Israel crumbles from the inside through compromise and idolatry. Isaiah speaks comfort and calls God’s people to listen. Jesus is transfigured on...

Numbers introduces the strange statute of the red heifer, then moves through loss, failure, and healing. Isaiah reveals a Servant who restores Israel and shines light to the nations. Jesus asks His disciples who He is and calls them to take up their cross. In the wilderness, what does it mean to be cleansed from death and to follow a Savior who walks toward it?

In the wilderness, leadership is not a theory—it’s contested ground. Korah and his followers challenge Moses and Aaron, claiming that everyone is holy, so why should they lead? The ground literally opens beneath them. Isaiah confronts a stubborn people who resist God’s refining, and Jesus feeds a crowd that brings nothing but hunger. What happens when our envy and suspicion collide with God’s chos...

Israel reaches the edge of the promised land. Spies are sent to see what God has already given, but the report they bring back turns the camp from worship to panic. Isaiah speaks of idols that must be carried versus a God who carries His people. Jesus sends His disciples out with authority and almost nothing else. What does it mean to see reality through the lens of God’s presence instead of fear?

The camp is ready to move. Lamps are lit, Levites are set apart, a second Passover is kept, and the cloud and trumpets will signal when to break camp. But as Israel sets out, the wilderness quickly reveals what is inside them—complaints, cravings, jealousy, and exhaustion. Isaiah proclaims God’s unique sovereignty, and Jesus speaks hope into a father’s worst fear. How do we keep trusting when the...

As Numbers unfolds, God assigns specific loads to specific Levite families and then places His blessing on the whole nation. In the wilderness, some are called to carry holy things; all are invited to live under God’s lifted face. Isaiah unmasks idols that only weigh us down, and Jesus stops for a hidden sufferer in the crowd. What does it mean to be a people who bear what God entrusts while resti...

Numbers opens with a census and a camp map—not the most thrilling beginning at first glance. But beneath the lists and arrangements is a profound question: who are we, and where do we stand in relation to God? In the wilderness, Israel is numbered, ordered, and placed around the tabernacle. Isaiah and Luke show God’s presence in deep waters and spiritual chaos. What does it mean to become a people...

Carolyn talks about feasting.

Leviticus closes with a sweeping picture: if Israel walks in God’s statutes, blessing will overflow; if they refuse, life in the land will unravel. Yet even in warning, God promises not to forget His covenant. Isaiah 42 introduces the Servant who will bring justice to the nations without breaking the bruised. Luke shows the disciples learning, in the storm, what it means to trust the One they foll...

Leviticus moves from holy people and holy speech to holy time and holy land. God commands Sabbath years and Jubilee, reminding Israel that the land is His and they are His tenants. Isaiah 41 speaks comfort to a fearful people, and Jesus stills a storm with a word. How do we learn to rest and trust when everything in us wants to strive and fear?

These four strange chapters from Leviticus help us understand what it looked like for ancient Israel to embrace God's gift of being a royal priesthood and a holy nation. Living on the other side of Jesus' life, death, resurrection, and ascension means that disciples of Jesus from every tribe and nation are gifted with this same identity and mission.

Leviticus 19 opens with a breathtaking call: “You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.” But the way holiness is described may surprise us. It is not just about ritual—it is about parents and neighbours, business and sexuality, fields and festivals. Holiness is presence-shaped life in ordinary places. What does it look like to live as "holy ones" because God lives among us?

Leviticus now pauses over a national wound—“after the death of the two sons of Aaron.” In the shadow of Nadab and Abihu’s judgment, God reveals the Day of Atonement, a yearly path back into His presence for the whole people. Isaiah shows a king on the brink, crying out for rescue. Luke shows a woman with a broken past drawing near to Jesus with tears and perfume. When failure and death are close a...

Leviticus lingers over what we would rather avoid—lingering disease, ongoing discharge, what feels out of control in our own bodies. Isaiah shows a city surrounded by an invading empire and taunted into despair. John the Baptist wrestles with doubt from prison. In all of it, the question is the same: when uncleanness or threat seems to spread, can we still trust that God is truly present?

Leviticus turns to the most ordinary and vulnerable places of human life—birth, blood, and skin. These laws about childbirth and skin disease are not about shame, but about living honestly before a holy God in bodies that are fragile and finite. How does God’s presence meet us in our weakness, and what do we do with the places that feel "unclean"?

After days of preparation, the tabernacle service begins. It is the "eighth day"—a day of new beginnings in God’s presence. Fire falls, glory appears, and joy erupts… but so does tragedy when God’s holiness is treated lightly. What does it mean to rejoice in God’s nearness without becoming casual about it?

Leviticus now turns from offerings themselves to the priests who will handle them. God doesn’t just provide a way to come near—He appoints people to serve in that nearness. Aaron and his sons are commanded, clothed, and consecrated. What does it mean to be set apart for service in the presence of God?

Leviticus opens not with action, but with a call. From the newly filled tabernacle, God calls to Moses and begins to teach Israel how to live near His presence. Sacrifice, confession, and daily life are now shaped by this nearness. What does it mean to be called close to God—and to stay there?

Nasser explains fasting.