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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?

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Could the Gospel of Matthew have been written to address the aftermath of a genocide, much like the one happening in Gaza right now?

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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.

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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.

My personal Facebook page is on the same account as the podcast page. It was hacked and then Facebook suspended it. I have alerted them to the hack and appealed the suspension, but as of this writing it is still suspended. A part of me suspects that this is just Facebook trying to silence those who speak out about the genocide in Gaza, something that I was doing extensively on my personal page. I'm probably wrong about that, but I'm taking this as an opportunity to speak out on this podcast and urge everyone to do whatever you can to stop the genocide in Gaza. What Hamas did was horrid, but it was not unprovoked. It was proceeded by more than 75 years of displacement, dispossession, and a slow ethnic cleaning of the Palestinian people. All people of faith and conscience need to join together to call for an end to the violence and an end to occupation!

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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 shattering revelation about what "God" is really like and where "God" is found.

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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 6:19-21

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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.

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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?

 Part 4 of my reaction to Jesus: A Life in Class Conflict by James Crossley and Robert Myles, chapters 9-11, plus a summary of my reaction/review.

In this episode:

• Did Jesus really predict the destruction of the temple?
• How do scholars understand the resurrection historically?
• Was the Jesus movement a failed revolution?