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 which John and David drop into the story of a widow who had lost her son. The miracle story gives us insight into Jesus' consistent care for the vulnerable. Why does he raise the son? There might be more to it that we think. Click Here to read the text from Luke 7:10-...

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 faith and doubt in the midst of a miracle of Jesus. Is our paradigm of faith a little too simplistic? Does our need for certainty create crises for us that aren't necessary. Is Jesus ok when our doubt seems a little overwhelming? Click Her...

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 get excited talking about miracles in Mark chapter 7. Jesus uses the Aramaic word Ephphatha in the midst of chapter that offers us more than one insight into Jesus and what we can learn from him today. Click Here to read the text from Mark 7:24-37.  Ep...

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 talk about an ill woman and Jairus' daughter. A woman and a little girl from different places in life, both struggling, both meet Jesus, both are healed. You know there's lots to talk about with that, right? Click Here to read the text from M...

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 a man tormented by evil in a place called Gerasenes. A dark and slightly scary story of a man with an "unclean spirit", or perhaps a legion of unclean spirits. How can Jesus turn around a story like this? And if he can, what does that...

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 talk about Jesus (and Peter) walking on water. The miracle of Jesus walking on water is often appreciated as an event, but what does it teach us? Does it give us insight in to who Jesus is, and also how he helped his disciples grow? Click Here to read...

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 talk about the feeding of the 5000. What is this miracle about? Is it about food? Or the Messiah? Or is it about hunger - physical and spiritual? And how does the context of what happened around this story help us understand it? Click Here to read 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 talk about a miracle with more to it than meets the eye. Jesus encounters a man who is blind in Mark chapter 8, but the miracle seems to have a deeper meaning . A meaning that is important for anyone who might follow Jesus.  Click Here to read the text...

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 talking about the miracles of Jesus. While many of us are aware that Jesus did miracles, we wonder whether stop to think about the meaning behind them. Do the miracles of Jesus teach us anything? Is there depth beyond the surface lev...

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 David and John look back at the parables launch season.  A short episode where we chat about season one and then give you brief peak into what we're discussing in Season 2 when it launches on June 22 Episode 17 of the Two Texts Podcast | Parables of Jesus Series...

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 close the parables season with a conversation about the parables of the Talents or Coins (depending on which version you read). It's a parable that's well known, but often seems to be interpreted in such a way that it appears to say things th...

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 enjoy the phenomenal parable of the persistent widow. There's layers of meaning wrapped up in this short dis-course from Jesus - about prayer, but also justice, and value, and pride. Click Here to read the text from Luke 18:1-8 Click Here to read...

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 the Parable of the King's Son's Wedding. In Matthew 22 Jesus throws out a version of the parable we looked at in episode 13 with some substantial revisions that help us understand grace, welcome and what it means to be against exclusi...

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 the Parable of the Great Banquet. Life calls us to play a game of "get to the top of the table" and Jesus explores the idea in this story that maybe there's a different way to live. Click Here to read the text from Luke 14:15-24...

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 get excited about an outrageous parable of Grace. We're so convinced that things we do make us more loveable to God, yet God loves us despite all our efforts. If you need convincing, you're going to love the parable of the vineyard workers. C...

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 how Jesus tells a somewhat controversial story. The parable of the Pharisee and the Tax-Collector is often told as an instruction to stay humble, but what if Luke wanted to make sure that we saw something more fundamental that Jesus was hinting...

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 take a second look at Matthew's version of the parable of the Lost Sheep. Jesus's conversations on forgiveness in Matthew 18 have been used throughout church history to shape church behaviour and ideas about "excommunication". But h...

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 look at Matthew's version of the parable of the Lost Sheep. Jesus takes a parable we know and drops it into a new context about the greatest and the least. What if the economics of the kingdom of God don't think best, bigger and great aren&ap...

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 look at the parable of the lost son in Luke 15. But is it a parable about only one lost son, or two? And how might understanding a Jewish tradition called Keżażah help us appreciate this parable in a whole new way? And why does David want to know how m...

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 a meal and the first two parables in Luke 15 about lost things. These are parables that ordinarily get left for the children, but if we slow down and pay attention they may have something to say to the rest of us. Click Here to read the text fr...

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 the parable known as the Good Samaritan. This parable is quite well known, or perhaps it's one of those parables where we think we know it better than we actually do. Click Here to read the text from Luke 10:25-37 Click Here to learn more...

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 the parable of the farmer who plants some seed. Mark 4:21-34 talks about how the farmer's seed grows in a way that the farmer doesn't entirely understand and it happens without his input. How is this similar to the Kingdom of God?  C...

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 David and John continue their conversation about the "flash" parables in Matthew 13. This podcast is split over two parts. This, the second, episode focuses on the parables of the treasure in the field and the merchant's pearl. The preceding episode (#...

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 David and John discuss the short, "flash", parables of hidden things in Matthew 13. This podcast is split over two parts. This, the first, episode focuses on the parable of the yeast. Before the next episode (#4) considers the parables of the treasure in th...

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 David and John ask why Jesus chooses a medium like parables to communicate. Sometimes the parables seem a little confusing, and sometimes we treat them a little too simply.  Click Here to learn about Robert F. Capon's Parables of Kingdom, Grace and Judgement tha...