In this episode, we have Brian Kadien from The Blind Samarai Podcast as our special guest.  We cover both accounts of the Christmas story...one from the Gospel of Matthew and the other from the Gospel of Luke.

When Jesus finished his Sermon on the Mount, the people were wowed and exclaimed, “This Jesus teaches with an authority we have not heard before!” What was it about the way Jesus taught and talked that was so vastly different from all those rabbis around him? Do you have anyone in your life whom you consider to teach or preach with authority?  Today we ask and answer these and several other questions – stay tuned!

Jesus concludes his Sermon on the Mount with both an encouragement and a warning: “Are you trying to build your life on a rock-solid foundation or have you unwittingly built it on the shifting sands of this culture?

The name of our ministry, 721 Ministries, comes from Jesus’ warning – stark warning – to those who think their good church and civic work is a ticket to heaven. But there will be no resumes on your Judgement Day. Tune in to find out why our ministry is named after this passage!

Jesus warns us to “Watch out for false prophets.” But what would a false prophet look like today? Would they be preaching heretical sermons … or lukewarm … or just uninformed?

Jesus tells us the gate to his wonderful A+ Life to the Full is narrow. And he warns us that the road that leads to a sorrow life is wide and broad. What is on the broad road that makes it so appealing, and why is the gate to  “The Life that is truly life” so narrow?

Did you know that Jesus’ Golden Rule was a reversal of the centuries-old Golden Rule? Previously if was, “Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you.”  Jesus told us to go from defense to offense by doing to others what we want them to do to and for us.

What comes to your mind when you think of God? In your mind, is he a “Bread and Water” God or a God of lavish gifts and love?  Is he a happy God? Was Jesus a happy man?

When you lose your site, how do you go forward?  And, how does faith play a part in that path forward?  Sam Interviews with Brain Kadien, host of The Blind Samurai Podcast. Take a listen.

When Jesus says, “Ask and you will receive,” is this a carte blanche guarantee?  Or is he assuming his audience would understand a more nuanced meaning?  And – is ‘asking’ what prayer is all about?