It's Jim Welch's last few days on the job, and before he leaves, he sits down with Ben to talk about what he's seen in his time here, what he's excited about for the church, and the changes that he hopes to see coming.

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It's Jordan's last podcast, and so she and Ben continue on to part two of their tournament, debating the best comebacks in the New Testament.

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Jim explores what it really means to “hunger and thirst” for righteousness, and why the words used here are so important.

The problems of the translation we read is not the accuracy of it, but the scope of it. We need to see righteousness as a much bigger thing.

Matthew 5:6

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For Jordan's last podcasts, she and Ben return to an idea that they've been wanting to do for months - having a tournament of the best clapbacks in the Bible. What's a clapback? Tune in and see.

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As much as it’s important to not be angry at the wrong times, it’s just as important to be angry at the right times.

Jim talks about watching his nieces play sports and realizing that they are the same ages as the children of Uvalde.

Studying “blessed are the meek” means breaking down the word we translate as “meek” and seeing what it is that Jesus really meant.

Matthew 5:5

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Amanda shows us the peace that Jesus talked about - a peace that is different from the one the world offers.

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After the shooting in Uvalde, Ken and Ben ditched their podcast plans and sat down to talk about how to respond to a tragedy like this, and what a Christian's response to events like these should be.

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Are you a mourner and not a moaner?

Jim preaches on “blessed are those who mourn,” which he points out is not a beatitude that anyone wants to preach on.

But, it is Jesus himself who establishes mourning as a holy attribute.

There are those who see their tears become hospitals and churches and missions. These things are motivated by deep caring about what God cares about.

There is much that is broken in the world. What are you going to do about it?

Matthew 5:4

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Answering a question about evangelism, Jim, Ben, and Jordan end up speaking about matters of physics, the beginnings of the universe, the sheep and the goats, Pascal's wager, Nietche's "God is dead," and a whole lot of other stuff we didn't expect when we hit record on this podcast.

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As we dig into what the Bible says about mourning, Ken reminds us: it’s not a curated experience.

As he considers “blessed are those who mourn,” Ken tells the story of the Israelites in exile, and how God promised to comfort not just them, but to the ends of the earth.

We are called, as a church, to comfort.

Matthew 5:4