If you think about it, whatever the length of your life here, an eternity in heaven is going to utterly dwarf your 60 or 80 or 100 years here. When you look at it this way, it kinda puts it all in perspective, especially when you think about how much time we spend pursuing earthly things like our sexual desires. Why celibacy and singleness? Today on #forthehope.

Today I’m going to teach you a four dollar word, and I don’t actually care if you remember it. What I do hope is to help you sharpen your ear when you’re in dialogue with people. So sit tight, and we’ll answer today’s focus question: What is an “a priori” objection?

You’ll recall from yesterday that Paul used a line, “Nothing beyond what is written.” We didn’t talk the specific application, though. Apparently the leaders had somehow were making judgments that had no basis in God’s revelation.

I bring this up, because today an tomorrow you’re going to hear Paul talking about specific sins. And at the end of today you’ll hear Paul talk about judging people. What?!? Didn’t Jesus say we’re not supposed to judge people?

Well, we will get to that after we read when we get to answering today’s focus question: “When should you judge someone?”

Pop quiz: What is biblical wisdom?

You got that answer a couple days ago on episode #1161. In a Bible sense, wisdom is the skill for living.

Pop quiz #2: What is the love of wisdom?

Philosophy! And as you’ve heard me quip, we’re all theologians and philosophers…the question just whether or not we’re any good at it.

Today you’re going to hear Paul use the phrase, “nothing beyond what is written.” You might guess what the means, but I want you to hear it in context of the passage today that’s about Christian leaders and our focus question, “When is it okay to go beyond what is written?”

Are there heavenly rewards for earthly work? Today, not just the answer, but an important bit of context.

Your kid comes to you and says "back in whack." And you go, "Huh?" Today: a little lesson from the misunderstanding of a child.

We often think of wisdom in kinda abstract terms, but it’s ultimately practical…wisdom is skill for living. Now lest you think — and rightfully so — that that could be how you might think about it in a secular sense, that’s exactly why we have focus questions here. So today as we knock down a short 1 Co 2, keep an ear out — and we’ll wrap up the day by highlighting a key distinction that’s worth remembering.

You are having a conversation with a friend, somehow end up on the topic of the Bible, and your friend says, “But all we have are copies of copies copies, AND there are a zillion errors in it.” What do you say?

Today we’re just going to finish off Matthew, read our customary OT and Wisdom segments, and then close out with answering today’s focus question…How does the resurrection answer life’s big questions?

“What is Jesus referencing when he cries out from the cross?” Matthew actual translates the Aramaic, Elí, Elí, lemá sabachtháni, but there’s a reference there I never knew about. You might enjoy this, too.