Episodes

  • 027: podcast update

    027: podcast update
    Feb 6 2025

    Just a 5-minute update on some minor changes to the podcast, namely replacing

    Critical Study of Matthew and Masculinity

    with

    Matthean Exegesis
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  • 026: The Authority to Teach (Matt 4:23–5:2, 7:28–29)

    026: The Authority to Teach (Matt 4:23–5:2, 7:28–29)
    Sep 7 2024

    Matt 4:23-5:2 and 7:28-29

    The Frame for the Sermon on the Mount

    What is "not like the scribes"?

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  • 025: The First Four to Follow (Matt 4:18–22)

    025: The First Four to Follow (Matt 4:18–22)
    Aug 30 2024

    The first four to join Jesus on a mission to ... do what, exactly?
    To "catch people"?

    Is it a manly thing?

    Peter, Andrew, James (Jacob), and John accept the invitation to become people catchers.

    Why?

    Matt 4:18–22
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  • 024: Jesus Begins (Matt 4:12–17)

    024: Jesus Begins (Matt 4:12–17)
    May 29 2024
    Matt 4:12–17And so it begins.
    Jesus begins his ministry in the North. Why?
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  • 023: Three trials (Matt 4:1–11)

    023: Three trials (Matt 4:1–11)
    May 24 2024

    Matt 4:1–11
    Jesus refuses to take the easy way out
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  • 022: God is pleased with . . ? (Matt 3:16–17)

    022: God is pleased with . . ? (Matt 3:16–17)
    Apr 22 2024

    After Jesus is baptized, God is pleased

    . . . with what exactly?

    (Matt 3:16–17)
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  • 021: John is Expecting Something Different (Matt 3:13–15)

    021: John is Expecting Something Different (Matt 3:13–15)
    Apr 18 2024

    Matt 3:13–15

    John wants Jesus to take over the ministry and does not want to baptize Jesus.

    Jesus has different plans.
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  • 020: John Warns of Judgement (Matt 3:7–12)

    020: John Warns of Judgement (Matt 3:7–12)
    Feb 3 2024

    John the Baptist warns of coming wrath/judgement


    Does this fit Matthew's portrayal of Jesus?
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