Eat This Scroll

All roads lead to God. 

Whether it's our personal resistance to being limited or our sympathy for those of other faiths, we can bristle at the binary nature of salvation. Jesus concludes His Sermon on the Mount with three examples of the same two worldviews. One road leads to death, the other to life. Sean walks us through this first example and explains the implications of Jesus' words. 

Welp, that was easy!

Anxiety is one of the most prevalent topics in our culture today. Certainly there is precedents for this, our news cycle never stops with catastrophe, cultural issues divide friends and family, and our own personal needs leave us uncertain and uneasy. Sean unpacks this famous portion of the Sermon on the Mount and provides insight into what can sometimes be a pithy response to all our problems. 

This is one of the most important questions we are all asked. 

Through three illustrations, Jesus challenges idolatry in our hearts. Few of us have physical idols we make offerings to, barring the Buddha statues that are popular. However, Sean walks us through this part of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount to help illuminate how we foster idolatry in the 21st century. 

We're always eating!

Well... we're always consuming. Whether it's food, entertainment, stimulation, distraction. It's good for our souls to take a break and position ourselves to rely on God in a deeper more tangible way. Sean shares what Jesus has to say regarding fasting so that we might understand it better and do it biblically. 

How should we pray?

Ever felt like you don't know how to pray, or you don't have the right words for God to hear you? Prayer can be a nebulous part of the Christian life but it doesn't have to be! Sean walks us through what Jesus has to say on the matter in this section of the Sermon on the Mount. 

PS. We got a bit out of order here, but we're back on track with the Sermon on the Mount episodes. Please forgive us!

What can we learn from Psalms?

Sometimes we treat Psalms like a pitstop before we read Proverbs, then a chapter from the Old and New Testament. In it's pages we find familiar words turned into hymns, illustrative proclamations about who God is, and lamentations of those who've experienced crisis. Lew shares how we can learn from not just the content of the Psalms, but how the form of the songs and prayers found there can inform our theology practically. 

Do as to others, as you would have them do unto you. 

We've all probably heard this. If we've got kids we've likely said it ourselves. Sean helps us understand how God's goodness as our Father equips us for rightly navigating relationships. 

Don't be so judgmental!

Navigating relationships can be difficult, especially given our current cultural climate. One of the greatest social wrongs we can act out is making a judgement on those around us. In this episode, Sean tackles one of the most quoted and misunderstood verses in the Bible. If you're curious about what the Bible actually says about judgement, stay a while and listen. 

Do you remember when?

When we consider how God has shown up in our lives and throughout history, we get to reap the continued fruit of God's goodness. Jamie walks us through the first few verses of 1 John, sharing how John's introduction is a model we can consider for our own lives. 

Are We the Body, Temple, or Family?

The Bible uses a lot of different terms to describe our identity as part of a larger community of those saved by God's grace. Jerell helps us understand the implications of each term as it pertains to us and our relationship with other Christians.