Amazed and Perplexed

Amazed and Perplexed

By Jason Thornton and Connor BryantReligion & Spirituality
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Amazed and Perplexed episodes

  • The Unmerciful Servant(Matthew 18:21-35)

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    ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐”๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐š๐ง๐ญ(๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ“)

    This episode sits with Jesus' parable of the unmerciful servant, unpacking the ancient debtor's world behind the story and the jarring harshness of its ending


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    Music by: Heavensense
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    32 min
  • Hearing as a Community(Matthew 18:18-20)

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    ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ(๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ)

    Jesus makes a bold, almost startling promise: where two or three gather in his name, he's there, and whatever they agree on will be done. This episode sits with the weight and the danger of that claim, from the dignity it gives to small, ordinary moments of obedience to the hard question of what it means when heartfelt, unified prayer doesn't get the answer it asked for


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    Music by: Heavensense
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    28 min
  • A People of Repentance and Forgiveness(Matthew 18:15-17)

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    ๐€ ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ž๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ(๐Œ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฐ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•)


    This episode digs into dealing with Sin in the church. We discuss why the gentle, small first approach gets skipped in favor of shame and public callout, we wrestle with painful firsthand stories of disfellowship gone wrong, and reframe the passage's hard final line.

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    49 min
  • The Rich Man and Lazarus(Luke 16:19-31)

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    ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐š๐ณ๐š๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ(๐‹๐ฎ๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—-๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ)


    This episode dives into the strikingly detailed story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16. The discussion explores what it means to identify with either man in the story, why mercy seems to run out, and what it looks like to actually go find the Lazarus in your own life rather than just feel for him from a distance.

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    34 min
  • Marriage, Divorce, and Patriarchy(Luke 16:18)

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    ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ ๐ž, ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ฒ(๐‹๐ฎ๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ–)

    Jesus' words on divorce in Luke 16:18 are short, sharp, and easy to skim past, but they land differently once you consider the patriarchal world they were spoken into, where a woman's survival hinged on her marriage. This episode wrestles with that context and what it means for our day and age. Join us for a conversation about honoring marriage, wrestling honestly with Scripture, and holding conviction with an open hand.


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    Music by: Heavensense
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    31 min
  • Forcing Our Way into the Kingdom(Luke 16:15-17)

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    ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐–๐š๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ(๐‹๐ฎ๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•)

    In this episode, Jason and Connor wrestle with what it means to value what God values, why Jesus insists the Law and Prophets still stand even as he fulfills them, and why following Jesus might call us to be more "undignified" than we're comfortable with.

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    38 min
  • Lenses, Success, and the Peter Principle(Luke 16:10-15)

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    ๐‹๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐’๐ฎ๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž(๐‹๐ฎ๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“)


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    Music by: Heavensense
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    37 min
  • Parable of the Shrewd Manager(Luke 16:1-13)

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    ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ(๐‹๐ฎ๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”:๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘)

    The parable of the shrewd manager deeply perplexing to us. Join us as we seek to find the amazement in this passage and wrestle with our deep confusion over what Jesus is trying to get across.


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    42 min
  • Parable of the Prodigal Son(Luke 15:11-32)

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    ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐จ๐ง(๐‹๐ฎ๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“:๐Ÿ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ)


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    Music by: Heavensense
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    42 min
  • Parable of the Lost Coin(Luke 15:8-10)

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    ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ข๐ง(๐‹๐ฎ๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“:๐Ÿ–-๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ)


    Why does Jesus tell these 3 parables back to back? What significance can we find in the fact that the "God" character in this parable is a woman?ย 

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    Music by: Heavensense
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    39 min

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The God revealed in Scripture is more astounding than we could ever dream and more peculiar than we could ever imagine. Amazed and Perplexed is a podcast that engages the Bible earnestly andโ€ฆ