Isaiah 42:1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-43; Matthew 3:13-17

In this episode, David reflects on the baptism of Jesus as the moment where the whole story of Scripture converges at the Jordan River—a place of descent, death, and God’s rescue. Jesus enters the waters not because he needs cleansing, but to take our brokenness into himself and make the waters holy for us. Through this moment, David reminds us that Christ descends into our mess so that we might know, even there, that we are God’s beloved and held in a hope that is nothing less than everything.