Episodes

  • A Virtuous Cycle

    A Virtuous Cycle
    Jun 15 2025
    Few things are more determinative of who you are and are becoming than who and what you reward with your attention. Boaz gifts Ruth with his attention because Boaz has an eye for goodness, and Ruth reciprocates, creating a virtuous cycle wherein both affirm and encourage the good in one another.

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    29 mins
  • God Shows Up In Unexpected Ways

    God Shows Up In Unexpected Ways
    Jun 8 2025
    At the beginning of the 2nd chapter of Ruth, we are introduced to the 3rd main character in the story... a godly man named Boaz. Although there are not any overt miracles recorded in the book of Ruth, you see God's hand of providence on display as He brings Boaz and Ruth together and Boaz takes notice of her. This is a great reminder for us that even when we cannot see it, God is at work in our lives in unexpected ways to bring about his purposes.

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    32 mins
  • Leave Moab

    Leave Moab
    Jun 1 2025
    The book of Ruth is a short story that has many lessons to teach us. Some say it's a love story. Others say it's a story about repentance and redemption. Still others say it's about "Hesed"... that is loving faithfulness and loyalty that goes beyond what is socially expected or legally required. The truth is that it is a book about all of those things and more. Ultimately it's a story about God's providence, goodness, and faithfulness when life doesn't go the way we thought it would.

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    28 mins
  • Jesus Christ is Coming Back

    Jesus Christ is Coming Back
    May 25 2025
    Pastor Feagin from Bethel Independent Methodist Church in Temple joins us as a guest preacher.

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    24 mins
  • Larry David > Ted Lasso

    Larry David > Ted Lasso
    May 18 2025
    What kind of moral difference does the Spirit make? Are we sinners who are just forgiven, or saints who just occasionally sin? Romans 7:14-25 has a complex interpretive history, but reveals the deep moral struggle we all feel, and reminds us we never progress past being sinners who need the gospel.

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    28 mins
  • A Theory of Relativity

    A Theory of Relativity
    May 11 2025
    Jesus tells a parable exposing the silliness of making moral comparisons, and the radical relativity of all human righteousness. Once we opt out of the righteousness rankings game, and stop being so disappointed in the sinfulness of sinners, we're freed up to instead find ways to show our fellow sinners mercy.

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    28 mins
  • Low Anthropology

    Low Anthropology
    May 4 2025
    Scripture contains a complex anthropology wherein humans are creatures of great dignity, but also great depravity. How does this complex picture interact with the high anthropology of modern culture wherein humans are seen as easily optimizable algorithms of improvement, goodness, and development? And why is it important we always remember Jesus was known as the friend of sinners?

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    25 mins
  • The Good News of the Gospel

    The Good News of the Gospel
    Apr 27 2025
    John's gospel account begins with a big, majestic view of Christ who is the Word made flesh, who was with God in the beginning, and who is the light of the world. John's gospel account ends in chapter 21 with this rather intimate conversation on a beach with one of his disciples. John completes his gospel account by reminding his readers about the good news of the gospel... specifically that this really big, majestic, amazing God desires an intimate relationship with each one of us.

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    33 mins