This podcast takes a journey through the Gospel of Matthew, unpacking its story of Jesus as a peasant leader of a nonviolent movement for a new society that he calls “The Kingdom of Heaven.” Each episode explores literary, cultural and historical context, passage by passage.
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Subversive Studies Podcasts
Conversations with scholars, writers, and artists whose work subverts the dominant paradigm. Discover people who are interested in disrupting conventional norms and ideologies and creating new ways of thinking about, being in, and understanding the world. Hosted by Dan Glenn. Opening and closing theme music by Podington Bear http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/ Cover art graphic design by Jeff Wolfe http://www.ciis.edu CIIS Center for Writing and Scholarship: http://academicwrit ...
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Following the format of the Common Lectionary, Pastor Adam Ericksen and Lindsey Paris-Lopez explore passages of scripture together, sharing insights, real-life applications, and meaning for the modern world. “Jesus Unmasked” seeks to remove the masks of exclusive theology and violent cultural lenses that obscure the truth of Jesus’s unconditional love. Scripture passages are read from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible. "Jesus Unmasked" is a Raven Foundation production.
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If you want to understand how social scientists’ study human behaviour, how industry innovates or want to know more about how they can successfully work together and enhance each other, then you have come to the right place! Join our hosts as they engage with anthropologists, other researchers and industry specialists from all over the world. The discussions will be about their specific work in understanding people and how they apply that understanding to advance industry, scholarship and/or ...
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Special Episode: Interview with Ched Myers, Healing Affluenza and Resisting Plutocracy; Luke's Jesus and Sabbath Economics
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1:21:47Send us a text In this special episode, I interview Ched Myers about his new book, Healing Affluenza and Resisting Plutocracy; Luke's Jesus and Sabbath Economics. To order the book, go to Bookshop.org and search for Ched Myers. Through the end of July 2025, the promo code SOJO20 will reduce the price by 20%. You can also use this link: https://book…
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Special Episode: Genocide in Gaza, The Crucifixion, and Psalm 22
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36:21Send us a text This is a sermon that I preached with a friend who is from Gaza. The text that was read before the sermon is Psalm 22: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?..."By Bert Newton
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Parable of the 7 Demons Redux (Donald Trump and 7 More Demons)
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28:40Send us a text This is a replay of Episode 31 with a brief new intro. Jesus tells a parable about a demon exorcism which results in a situation worse than the original demon possession. Those who read the Bible at surface level (and somehow don't seem to notice all the problems that presents) tend to read this passage literally, but Jesus is clearl…
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Send us a text For many modern Christians, especially in the West, the miracles of the Bible are such an uncomfortable subject that we often pretend that they are not even there in the text. We ignore them. But they are key to understanding the message of the Gospel.By Bert Newton
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Ginie Servant-Miklos: on the art of messy dreams, how to realize them, and the journey of making and unmaking oneself in the process
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52:38Ginie Servant-Miklos is an engaged environmental educator with fifteen years of experience in education practice, research, and advocacy. She currently holds an Assistant Professorship in behavioural sciences at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Her research and education work focuses on developing…
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Special Episode: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World: Conspiracy Theories, The Secrets of God's New Society, and The Parable of the Sower
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23:55Send us a text What is the intersection between the "hidden things" and "secrets" of Matthew 13 and the recent conspiracy theories that have played significant role in U.S. politics? If you need to review Matthew 13, click here. If you want to watch clips of Palestinian American comedian Sammy Obeid, click here.…
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Francesco Bravin: on radical imagination, learning interventions and the cultivation of the non-judgemental mind
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34:06Francesco Bravin is a cultural anthropologist and the president and founding member of the Cultural Association Antropolis in Milan. He has a Bachelor's degree in Intercultural Communication at the University of Turin, a Master's degree in Anthropology at the University of Milan Bicocca and a PhD in Anthropology at the University of Genoa. He resea…
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The Arcana of Inquiry: Navigating Ethnography through Tarot as a Playful, Disruptive, and Subversive Practice
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38:33The Ethnographic Tarot Project intertwines the magic and mystery of tarot with the depth of anthropological inquiry. This initiative seeks to develop a distinctive tarot deck infused with ethnographic and anthropological themes, serving not only as a medium for reflection and divination but also as an innovative teaching tool aimed at enlightening …
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The Martyrdom of Jesus, Israel, and Palestine
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23:05Send us a text Could the Gospel of Matthew have been written to address the aftermath of a genocide, much like the one happening in Gaza right now?By Bert Newton
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Recommending Documentary: Gaza Fights for Freedom
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5:57Send us a text I recommend to my listeners the amazing documentary, Gaza Fights for Freedom. You can find it free on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnZSaKYmP2s It centers on the 21 months of nonviolent demonstrations by Gazans at the border with Israel in 2018-2019.By Bert Newton
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Special Episode: Living Humanly Under Occupation
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31:47Send us a text The story of my short sojourn in Palestine 22 years ago and what I learned from the Palestinians. This is a slightly revised sermon that I delivered at Pasadena Mennonite Church in August of 2001.By Bert Newton
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Special Episode: The Gospel Made Perfect in Weakness
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22:43Send us a text The Gospel overturns not just the order of society but our conception of God as well. When Jesus cries out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" we should be shocked. We should not just gloss over the implications of such a statement in this story about God revealed in a human Palestinian Jewish peasant. It may be an earth sha…
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Dace Dzenovska: Social Anthropologist & Speaker at The Why the World needs Anthropologists, The Power of Isolation, 27-29th October 2023, Croatia
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21:27Dace Dzenovskais Associate Professor in the Anthropology of Migration at the University of Oxford and the Principal Investigator of the EMPTINESS project. She holds doctoral and master’s degrees in Social Cultural Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as an interdisciplinary master’s degree in Humanities and Social Thoug…
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Special Episode: The House That Love Built (Sermon)
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20:02Send us a text This episode is a sermon that I delivered at Pasadena Mennonite Church on September 17, 2023. In this sermon I connect the dots between U.S. military and economic aggression abroad with domestic housing justice. The passages cited are: Matthew 12:46-50 Mark 10:29-30 Matthew 6:19-21By Bert Newton
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Heli Rantavuo:Applied Cultural Studies and Social Sciences Researcher & Speaker at The Why the World needs Anthropologists, The Power of Isolation, 27-29th October 2023, Croatia
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17:16Heli Rantavuo is an applied cultural studies and social sciences researcher based in Helsinki. For the past 15 years, she has worked in the technology industry in London, Stockholm and Helsinki, contributing and leading research in product and market strategy at Spotify, eBay, Microsoft and Nokia. Before working in the industry, she was a researche…
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Rafram Chaddad: Visual Artist & Speaker at The Why the World needs Anthropologists, The Power of Isolation, 27-29th October 2023, Croatia
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23:46We are happy to have Rafram with us speaking to his background as a visual artist and his experience and thoughts on isolation. In 2010, Rafram found himself imprisoned in Lybia. He spent 6 months by himself in an extreme isolation unit, not knowing whether he would live or die. In this conversation he explores questions such as: What does it mean …
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Announcing the Launch of the MHCH Podcast and a quick reflection on Deut. 15:1-8
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10:05Send us a text The Making Housing and Community Happen (MHCH) Podcast has launched, telling stories of social transformation and housing justice! You can listen to the first episode here. You can also search for "Making Housing and Community Happen" on your podcast app. You can visit the Making Housing and Community Happen website here.…
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Special Episode: The Centurion Revisited (Matthew 8:5-13)
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27:02Send us a text In this episode I revisit the text about Jesus' interaction with the centurion to focus more than I did in episode 16 on the "banquet" (NRSV) that Jesus refers to. What is this "banquet" of which Jesus speaks? How does it evolve in the writings of ancient Israel, and what form does it take in the Gospel of Matthew?…
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Erin B. Taylor & Melanie T. Uy: Anthropologists & Authors of Better Research, Better Design
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37:37Erin B. Taylor & Melanie T. Uy: Anthropologists & Authors of Better Research, Better Design: How to Align Teams and Build a Human-Centric Company Culture. Dr. Erin B. Taylor has a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Sydney and is the founder of Finthropology, a company specializing in insights into people’s financial behaviour. She specializ…
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Amina & Gabriela: Love letter to David Graeber
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41:39Amina Alaoui Soulimani is a doctoral research fellow at HUMA, the Institute for Humanities in Africa. Amina holds an MSc in Social Anthropology from the London School of Economics. Her current anthropological doctoral work at the University of Cape Town focuses on the ethics of care, AI, and the future hospital in Morocco. Gabriela Cabaña is a Ph.D…
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Special Episode: Blessing the Children and Encounter with the Rich Man Revisited, Matthew 19:13-30
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18:52Send us a text Some new research and connections in these two passages that occur together in Matthew 19:13-30.By Bert Newton
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Special Episode: Overturning Patriarchy and Re-forming Masculinity, Interview with Dr. Timothy Lewis
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50:01Send us a text In this special episode, I interview Dr. Timothy Lewis, creator of the Podcast Matthewlinity, and author of the upcoming book, The Poetics of Matthew One. Through poetic/literary analysis of the Gospel of Matthew, Dr. Lewis has found a pattern in which the narrative consistently undermines patriarchal structures and customs, challeng…
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My Imaginary Opening Statement in a Debate with an Atheist
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10:59Send us a text I've often thought about what I would say were I to be invited to participate in an on stage "debate" with an atheist. Well, here is my opening statement.By Bert Newton
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David Prendergast: Head of the Department of Anthropology, Professor of Science & speaker at the Why the World needs Anthropologists, Re|Generation 23-25 Sept 2022 Berlin
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37:30David Prendergast is Head of the Department of Anthropology and Professor of Science, Technology and Society at Maynooth University in Ireland. Previously David worked at Intel where he was a principal investigator at the ‘Technology Research for Independent Living Centre’ and co-founder of the ‘Intel Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities’. He…
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Send us a text Why does Matthew divide up the genealogy into 3 sets of 14 generations? What does this signify? Link to Dr. Timothy Lewis' podcast, Matthewlinity: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/matthewlinity/id1398795694By Bert Newton
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Send us a text Revisiting the theme of Jonah in Matthew. The "big fish" ain't just a big fish!By Bert Newton
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Katia Dumont: Speaker- Why the World needs Anthropologists, Re|Generation 23-25 Sept 2022 Berlin
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28:04Katia Dumont: Anthropologist, regional network organiser for SE Europe, BMW foundation & speaker at the Why the World needs Anthropologists, Re|Generation 23-25 Sept 2022 Berlin Katia Dumont is a Regional Network Organizer for Southwestern Europe for the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt. Prior to joining the Foundation, she was a consultant for founda…
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Sophie Strand: writer and academic cross-contaminator
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48:27Sophie Strand: writer and academic cross-contaminator: on the ways we can improvise in academia and beyond. Sophie Strand is a writer based in the Hudson Valley who focuses on the intersection of spirituality, storytelling, and ecology. But it would probably be more authentic to call her a neo-troubadour animist with a propensity to spin yarns that…
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Rebecca Price: Designer and Teacher: On Mentorship, Resilience and the Importance of keeping Fundamental Drives in Focus
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48:04Rebecca Price is a researcher and assistant professor at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at the Delft University of Technology where she investigates how design can advance sectors and industries through multi-leveled and networked innovation. Educated and practiced as an industrial designer, Rebecca was quickly drawn to the strategic …
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Pavel Cenkl, Head of Schumacher College: On Ecological Approaches and Embodied Learning Practices in Higher Education
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39:39Pavel Cenkl is currently the Head of Schumacher College and Director of Learning at Dartington Trust, Devon, England and previously he held the position of Professor of Environmental Humanities and Associate Dean at Sterling College, Vermont. Pavel holds a Ph.D. in English and is the author of many articles, chapters, and two books. He has always b…
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Vito Laterza, Anthropologist and Political Analyst: on the importance to foster analogue forms of life in an age of Pervasive Digitalization
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1:01:04Vito Laterza is an anthropologist, development scholar and political analyst. He holds a MPhil in Social Anthropological Research and a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge. Vito is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Global Development and Planning, University of Agder, Norway, where he also leads the Digit…
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Special Episode: Speaking to City Council Like Jesus Did
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36:14Send us a text The text is Matthew 4:23-25. This special episode is mostly a recording of me, Bert, doing a workshop (as the sermon!) at Pasadena Mennonite Church, but I added a 10 minute introduction.By Bert Newton
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Désirée Driesenaar, Connector of Dots: on Regeneration and Nature Based Innovations
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1:14:54Désirée Driesenaar is an innovation activist, blue economy specialist, storyteller as well as external expert for the European Commission. After years of working in the corporate world as a commercial manager and B2B marketer, in 2014 Desirée went for a holistic shift and became an entrepreneur for a regenerative future. In search of purpose and su…
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Episode 67: The Resurrection and Great Commission, Matthew 27:55 - 28:20
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22:27Send us a text Jesus' resurrection brings the victory of the future into the present, and Jesus gives his disciples a nonviolent commission to counter the imperial violent domination of the powers and authorities of this present age.By Bert Newton
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Episode 66: The Crucifixion, Matthew 27:27-54
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29:25Send us a text Jesus experiences abandonment by God, but the apocalyptic signs reveal the victory of the cross.By Bert Newton
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Episode 65: Jesus Barabbas or Jesus Christ? Matthew 27:1-26
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24:23Send us a text We look at two important passages, the suicide of Judas and the release of Barabbas.By Bert Newton
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Kathleen Asjes, UX researcher: Democratizing Research
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51:32Kathleen leads Research & Insights at Dreams, a Fintech company built on behavioral science that boosts financial wellbeing. She is a Dutch national currently based in Stockholm and has worked with UX research for over a decade. Her main interests are innovation and technology with social impact, always trying to connect the dots between people off…
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Episode 64: The Trial and The Denial, Matthew 26:57-75
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15:55Send us a text Jesus goes on trial before the Sanhedrin, but who is really on trial? Those with eyes to see can see as through the vision of Daniel 7.By Bert Newton
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Episode 63: Betrayal and Arrest, Matthew 26:30-56
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22:20Send us a text In these passages, Jesus is more human than we have seen him; he is afraid and doesn't want to go to the cross, yet he still rejects violent resistance, even by angels.By Bert Newton
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Episode 62: The Anointing and the Last Supper; Matthew 26:1 - 29
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24:00Send us a text A woman anoints Jesus, and Jesus becomes the liberating sacrifice for the nation (and all nations or people).By Bert Newton
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Addendum to The Little Apocalypse Series: What about that election language???
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6:18Send us a text I did the whole series on The Little Apocalypse in Matthew and did not comment on the use of the term "the elect." So I did this little addendum to give my thoughts on the matterBy Bert Newton
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Eric Garza, Scholar, Hunter, Carpenter & Community Server: On Ways to Connect, Navigate and Integrate Plural Worlds
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54:17Eric Garza is the founder and primary instructor at Quillwood Academy, an online institution of higher learning dedicated to helping people throughout the English-speaking world learn to navigate the changing world in which we all live. His background is diverse, spanning ecology and evolution, environmental science and policy, ecological economics…
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Episode 61: The Little Apocalypse Part III, Parables of the Talents and of the Sheep and the Goats, Matthew 25:14-46
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25:19Send us a text Jesus tells two parables that demonstrate what "staying awake" or "keeping watch" looks like.By Bert Newton
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Episode 60: The Little Apocalypse Part II, Matthew 24:36 - 25:13
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24:09Send us a text In this second section of Matthew's "Little Apocalypse," Jesus starts talking parabolically, calling for his audience to "Stay Awake" for the "Coming of the Son of Man." But what does he mean by "Stay Awake," and what is the "Coming of the Son of Man."By Bert Newton
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Send us a text I thought I'd address an issue that might come up for some listeners regarding the accuracy of the prediction of the destruction of the temple/Jerusalem, and also express some additional thoughts I had, after recording the episode, about Jesus' statement, "This generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place." T…
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Episode 59: The Little Apocalypse, Part I, Matthew 24:1-35
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48:31Send us a text This is the first in a three part series on Matthew's "Little Apocalypse" in chapters 24-25. This first episode is considerably on the long side because there is so much imagery to unpack!By Bert Newton
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SERIES FINALE | Hope In a Vulnerable Baby: The Weird and Wonderful Story of Christmas (Luke 2:1-20)
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30:29"Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace... for my eyes have seen your salvation."Old Simeon says these words when he sees eight-day-old Jesus presented in the temple. He has been waiting to see the hope of the world before he dies... and now he can go in peace. The sign from God that all will be well, that redemption for a hurting and…
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Quick note to let you know more episodes are coming...down the Rosarita Highway!
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4:24Send us a text More episodes in the New Year!By Bert Newton
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The Surprising and Subversive Genealogy of Jesus (Matthew 1:1-17)
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25:04"An account of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham..."Wait! Don't roll your eyes!We tend to skip the genealogies when we read scripture, but family trees tell stories. What story does Jesus' tell?Basically, it tells the story that God chooses to be born through messy, complicated people into a messy and complica…
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The Magnificat: Carrying God Within Us (Luke 1: 46-55)
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32:30"Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name."That's a powerful self-affirmation for an unwed pregnant teen!An umarried teen girl, from long before Jesus until, sadly, today, could be called many things, but blessed isn't usually one of them.Mary was truly a badass.…
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