John Drury and Brandon Charlton kick off a seven-week series on Galatians. Listen in as they read the letter's opening and closing to frame Paul's claim.

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John and Brandon explore Revelation 3:20: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock." A conversation about how the one knocking is the needy stranger we often would rather ignore, and the hospitality Christ is inviting us into.

John and Brandon explore Philippians 4:13, the verse everyone quotes: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." A conversation about enduring every circumstance rather than achieving every goal.

John and Brandon explore Matthew 18:20 and the context that surrounds one of Jesus’ most familiar sayings. A conversation about church discipline, binding and loosing, the authority of the gathered community, and how Jesus frames correction within a larger vision of forgiveness and restoration.

John and Brandon explore Mark 14:51-52, the strange young man who flees naked when Jesus is arrested, leaving his linen cloth behind. A scene found only in Mark. A conversation about Mark's eye for vivid detail, why this figure is left unnamed, and how a coward in the garden becomes the anonymous bearer of the good news.

John and Brandon dig into Philemon 1:7, the strange KJV translation "bowels," and the Greek splankna behind it. A conversation about translation, the gut as the seat of compassion, Paul's fundraising letters, and the currency of the kingdom.

John and Brandon unpack the story of Eutychus in Acts 20, exploring Paul’s farewell sermon in Troas, early Christian worship on the first day of the week, and the way this strange miracle points to the power of resurrection life at the heart of the gospel.

"Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?"

John and Brandon study 1 Corinthians 15:29 and its strange reference to baptism for the dead, exploring what Paul's argument reveals about bodily resurrection, the coherence of Christian practice, Christ's victory over death, and the hope of God's final renewal of all things.

“When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.”

John and Brandon study Acts 8:25–40, the Ethiopian eunuch, and what Philip’s strange encounter reveals about Spirit-led mission, baptism, and letting go of control in discipleship.

“Take the first fish you catch, open its mouth, and you will find a four-drachma coin.”

John and Brandon examine Matthew 17:27, the temple tax, and what Jesus’ strange instruction reveals about freedom, responsibility, and life in God’s household.