We have a wonderful outdoor summer music pavilion nearby. If you load up the seats and the lawn, you get about as many people in our story today. (15,000!) There is only one problem: nobody remembered to bring dinner.

Join me as we hear the challenge of Jesus to the disciples: What resources do you have to bring to bear on this situation? Their first answer must have been: "We don't have anything." Listen for just 7 minutes and see if this is true.

https://youtu.be/Lkk9PKTRD2c

There is something that just doesn't quite fit right about death. There is a reason for that.

The shoes of death don't quite fit. The reason is that those shoes were NEVER MEANT to fit. We aren't suited for death. We aren't built for it. And yet here we are in a world and a body of decay.

Spend 7 minutes of your precious time to explore with me why the shoe of death don't fit and what God is doing about it on our behalf. Re-post with another minute of your time.

https://youtu.be/se2pnB6lkxg

The French have a saying appropriate to this podcast that translates, "It is FORBIDDEN to FORBID." They are apparently not big fans of rules. Neither was our anti-hero Herod.

When confronted with something that should have been forbidden; something he should not have been doing, he does what anyone would with unlimited power: He cut the guy's head off. Literally. Then served it on a platter to a teenager.

We might hazard a question then: Can what is forbidden be forgiven? Tell me if you think we make it to this answer.

https://youtu.be/_vItJr-zmN0

Herod is rebuked by John the Baptist for his lust and marriage to his brother's wife. When John the Baptist teaches that it "Is not lawful for you to have her", a whole cascade of events begin. It results in John's head being served on a platter.

So, some desires we have are not lawful from the One who gives us the moral law in the first place.

Join me for 7 minutes to hear of a crazy family story that is probably crazier than even your family story.

https://youtu.be/Anb_nLxZHyw

Everybody gets a crack at belief in Jesus, even people from His literal hometown.

They start with astonishment, which means they have been paying attention. But, they drop the ball in failing to do the hard work of the soul. Belief is the hard work of the soul. Unbelief is even harder.

Because Jesus has come to your door today, give me 7 minutes:

https://youtu.be/Llsk91gIh6M

A Bible teaching is where someone Else has wrestled with the scriptures.

A Bible study is where YOU have wrestled with the scriptures.

The question is, Who is doing the wrestling with the passage?

Is it Just me? If so, then you can do better.

Subscribe to this channel so you can also do better tomorrow.

https://youtu.be/5DKONNZPrVk

Thomas Jefferson famously took a razor blade to his bible and excised the unpalatable parts. He literally disagreed with God to the point of cutting them out so as to not have to read, listen, and consider them.

I’d imagine, he’d have cut out this parable we've come across today. But this podcast tries to find value in every parable and every story...even one about eternal punishment.

Join me as we do the hard stuff in 7 minute bites.

https://youtu.be/VxeNzc54XCg

I was lifting weights yesterday and found myself GNASHING my teeth. I wasn't lifting any weights with my teeth though. The biting, grinding, gnashing of teeth was a marker that I was elsewhere suffering. It was "arm day" and my teeth showed it.

Join me for a look at what hell will be like. We do this only to celebrate the justice of God and the mercy of God. The mercy is such that not a single one of us needs to end up there. We have a way out of hell and a way into heaven.

If you are interested in heaven and going to heaven subscribe follow like etc.

https://youtu.be/l6k4uLiMruU