**Sorry for the audio issues. If you watch the video, you can see me finding that the wrong mic is on halfway through and switching.**

Does Jesus ever give us permission to exclude people from the good news of the Kingdom of God? With all that's going on in the world, this simple-to-answer question seems to be less clear than ever to many people. In this episode, Trevor and Ryan take a hybrid approach to the "Sunday Study Hall" subseries, diving both into the historical application of this chapter of the Gospel according to Matthew as well as reading that application into the current fighting in the Middle East around territory associated with Israel and Palestine. Before you consider joining the conversation in the comments below, please take a moment to pray for the pain and destruction that is happening to both sides of this conflict.