Equipoise

Who was John the Baptist? And why did Matthew describe his origin as "the wilderness?" Why does Matthew relate John's weird apparel to us readers? What did John mean when he said "bring fruits of repentance," and how did John's audience understand baptism? Have a listen!

In this episode, we follow Matthew as he traces the events of Matthew 2:13-28 back to the Old Testament, so as to say, "We've been here before."

In this text, Matthew introduces three characters, of which the Magi are only one. Have a listen!

In this short passage, we'll take a look at some claims that Matthew was making. For such a small passage, they're not at all small claims!

In this first episode dealing with the content of Matthew's Gospel (finally!), we take a look at the opening phrase and genealogy to discover that Matthew is writing to a Jewish audience that knows that Torah, and he's conveying some very specific things. Have a listen!

In this second of two prefatory episodes, we discuss the date of the writing of Matthew's Gospel.

This is the first of two preliminary or prefatory podcast episodes before we dig into the text of Matthew's Gospel. In this episode, we discuss whether or not Matthew was, in fact, the author of Matthew!

Going forward into the Fall and Winter seasons, I'll be centering my focus on properly exegeting, understanding, and explaining the Gospel of Matthew. In this episode, I'll be revealing my reasons and my hopes that you'll be along for the ride.

In a world where we're taught that prayer means "talking to God" or "communing with God" or even "aligning our will with his," it's more important than ever to properly define prayer. Have a listen!

I submit to you in this episode that a failure to understand others -- no matter their stance or state -- is a great folly and a harmful one, at that. Have a listen!