Two Texts

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In our 250th full episode we explore Jesus's declaration, “I am the resurrection and the life.” They consider the remarkable tenderness of the Lazarus story, its echoes of Ezekiel’s valley of dry bones, the intimacy of Jesus’ friendship with Mary, Martha and Lazarus, and...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David prepare to consider Jesus's "I am the Resurrection" statement by exploring the connections with Old Testament themes, and the profound intimacy and emotion in Jesus' interactions with Martha, Mary, and Lazarus In John 11. These narr...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David continue discussing Jesus as the Good Shepherd in John's Gospel, connecting this I Am saying to Old Testament themes and the pastoral role of church leaders. We delve into biblical references, theological insights, and practical applications for s...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David explore the imagery of Jesus as the Good Shepherd in John's Gospel, examining how his sacrificial love contrasts with religious leaders and what it reveals about his character and mission. Episode 247 of the Two Texts Podcast | Jesus and God'...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David reflect on the gate that is always open. Along the way we discuss Pharisees, Nicodemus, sheep, thieves, Psalm 118, and the challenge of remembering that Christ calls us to point people to the gate rather than stand guard at it.   Episode 246 of the Two...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David discover that Jesus does not replace one gatekeeper with another. Instead, he becomes the gate himself. Along the way we connect John 10 with Psalm 118, Nicodemus, the healing of the blind man, and the challenge of resisting the gatekeeper that lives w...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David continue tracing the “I am the light of the world,” saying through the healing of the man born blind, the Feast of Tabernacles, and the movement from temple to wilderness. They consider witness, hiddenness, and what it means for Christ to be the light...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David explore Jesus’ saying, “I am the light of the world.” They trace its echoes through Genesis, John’s prologue, and the story of Nicodemus. They discuss witness, hiddenness, creation, and why failing to recognise Christ changes how everything else is see...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David discuss David’s latest book A Fire in Our Ears , a collection of sermons shaped by a vision for the church. They explore preaching as Spirit-led encounter, Pentecost as a miracle of hearing, and a vision of the Church that resists fragmentation and uni...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David discuss David’s new book Hearing in the Dark . We explore why modern life feels spiritually noisy, how Scripture trains us to listen rather than see, and how spiritual formation is closer to gardening than carpentry. Buy  Hearing in the Dark: Christian...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David continue in John's Gospel's "I AM" sayings, as Jesus names himself the Bread of Life. We follow the crowd’s hunger, their confusion, and their forgetfulness, and we trace how manna, memory, and communion converge. Along the way, we...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David explore Jesus' "Bread of Life" saying in the Gospel of John, noticing how Exodus imagery quietly shapes the scene. We trace how  Moses, manna, and the wilderness are layered into Jesus’ words and the scene, and we explore how the Gospel...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David continue in the prologue of John's Gospel, tracing how John reframes Exodus through Jesus. From children of God to the tabernacle and the glory Moses longed to see, we explore how the whole story is retold in Christ. The Word does not point to God...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David begin a continue their new series on the “I AM” sayings by returning to John’s prologue. We explore how the Gospel frames Jesus not as a clue to God, but as God’s own self-interpretation. From Genesis echoes to the limits of creation and Scripture, we...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David explore the mysterious “angel of the Lord” in Exodus 3, tracing how the messenger is also identified as more than just an angel, maybe much more! Following threads through Abraham, Hagar, Jacob, and Gideon, we ask whether these encounters point to the...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David begin a new series on the “I AM” sayings in John’s Gospel, beginning by tracing them back to the burning bush of Exodus 3. We explore how Jesus’ words are rooted in the divine name, how the New Testament reads the Old, and why Christ must be seen as pr...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David bring Jonah to a close by sitting with God’s final question. We reflect on divine mercy, human prejudice, and the unsettling grace that keeps everyone alive. Along the way, we consider God’s habit of asking questions, the patience that refuses to give...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David reflect on the final 39 words of Jonah and the question that ends the book. We explore the contrast between plant and city, mercy and justice, and why God’s unanswered question exposes our own hearts. Along the way, we consider Nahum, judgment, repenta...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David turn from the gift of the plant to the discomfort of its removal. Reflecting on the worm, the scorching wind, and Jonah’s desire for death, they explore divine rebuke, trust, and the exposure of hidden evil. They move toward Jonah’s unresolved ending—a...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David linger over Jonah’s plant and discover it is far more than a narrative oddity. Reading Jonah 4 alongside Genesis, the Feast of Booths, and the wider scriptural pattern of divine provision, they explore how God’s mercy repeatedly shelters Jonah—even as...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David linger with Jonah 4 and the strange mercy of the plant, the worm, and the wind. They explore God’s repeated acts of provision, the attempt to draw Jonah out of his anger, and the Eden-and-Exodus echoes of a God still trying to rescue his prophet from t...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David begin Jonah 4 and confront the shock of the prophet’s anger. They explore the collision between Nineveh’s repentance and Jonah’s rage, the kindling of ra‘ah within the man of God, and the unsettling question of whether we, too, sit on the hill hoping f...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David consider Jonah 3:10–4:1 and the unsettling language of turning, repentance, and evil. They trace shuv and ra’ah through Jeremiah and Exodus, explore God’s predictable mercy, and wrestle with Jonah’s anger at a God who turns from judgment when people tu...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David return to Jonah 3 and ponder the king of Nineveh’s response. They trace the force of the word that strikes the king, explore sackcloth, fasting, and the language of turning ( shuv ), and reflect on a repentance that draws in people, animals, and even G...

Drop us a text message to say hi and let us know what you think of the show. (Include your email if you’d like us to reply) In which John and David reflect some more on Jonah’s bewildering sermon, its response, and the mysterious work of the Spirit in both preaching and hearing. We explore humility in proclamation, the difference between talking and true preaching, sackcloth and repentance, memory...