Jesus Changes People

Paul opens his letter in a brief, formal, terse, to the point sort of way. He’s concerned for the Galatian churches and he wants to get right to the point. His first matter of business is to give his credentials as to why he’s qualified to write this letter, and that he has support from others to do so. Mike and Ken learned during their season on the book of Colossians not to take too many of Paul’s verses at once, so in this episode, they’re only tackling two. That’s right, only two. Uh oh, a listener asks the guys about an ice breaker question they’ve used. What could it be? And do the guys answer it? Also, what gets the guys derailed into talking about the misuse of scripture?

Passage: Galatians 1:1-2

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Ken and Mike wade into another one of Paul’s letters for season 8. The book of Galatians is all about how to be and live free. Before looking at the early verses of the letter, the guys spend some time laying groundwork to help us better understand what we’ll be reading. They discuss the author Paul; the backstory involving Paul and the Galatians; why Paul writes this letter; and what major themes it covers. The guys distinguish between pro and killer tips. A listener wants to know about some verbiage unique to Christians. Also, do you know who holds the record for the longest sentence in the Bible?

Passage: Galatians 1-6

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Mike and Ken discuss the sixth and final characteristic about Jesus found in Micah 5:2-5a. Jesus is peace differs from God, man, king, and shepherd, but is like life. The guys define this characteristic, look at where it’s found in the Bible, and how knowing that Jesus is peace makes a difference in our lives. A listener asks the guys if there will be a season 8, and they share how contract negotiations are going. Also, what does one day, lots of water, and 18,272 have in common?

Passages: Micah 5:2-5a, Romans 5:1, Ephesians 2:14-18, John 14:26-28, Isaiah 53:4-5, Philippians 4:6-8, 2 Thessalonians 3:16

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Ken and Mike discuss the fifth characteristic about Jesus found in Micah 5:2-5a. Jesus is life is a different type of characteristic from the previous of God, man, king, and shepherd. The guys define this characteristic, look at where it’s found in the Bible, and how knowing that Jesus is life makes a difference in our lives. A listener asks the guys for ideas to grow in their relationship with Jesus. Also, what does 976, the ark, pandas, polar bears, and wives, have in common?

Passages: Micah 5:2-5a, 1 John 5:11-13, 20-21, 1 Corinthians 15:22, Romans 5:10,18,21, John 14:6, 2 Corinthians 4:10-12, Colossians 3:1-4

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A new year causes many of us to pause and reflect on the previous year. And then turn our attention to what might lie ahead in the next. In this rewind episode, Mike and Ken discuss why it’s important to reflect on past events, the trouble with New Year’s resolutions, and offer some practices to help get the year started off on the right foot. Also, there is a new listener question for this episode, asking the guys to play a game of this or that. What this or that choices might they have to make? And will their choices be the same?

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What better Christmas tradition than to gather around the Christmas tree or fireplace with a cup of hot coco and listen to Ken and Mike answer Christmas questions from listeners? Who knows, it might become a new yearly tradition? Or not. All the same, the guys have created a third best of with questions not featured in volume 1 or 2. Every question is a Christmas question and 1 of the 5 is brand new for this special best of episode. The questions you’ll hear are:

Season 2 - Episode 48 - November 28, 2022 - Christmas with John
Season 2 - Episode 49 - December 5, 2022 - Christmas with Matthew
Season 2 - Episode 50 - December 12, 2022 - Christmas with Mark
Season 2 - Episode 51 - December 19, 2022 - Christmas with Luke
Season 7 - Episode 104 - December 25, 2023 - Best of Listener Question, Vol. 3 - Christmas Edition

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Mike and Ken discuss the fourth characteristic about Jesus found in Micah 5:2-5a. It’s not baaa-d because it’s that Jesus is shepherd. Their conversation includes defining this characteristic, looking at where it’s found in the Bible, and how knowing that Jesus is shepherd makes a difference in our lives. A listener wants to know what form of travel the guys would have used in making their way to visit Jesus. Also, have nativity sets and movies been leading us astray when it comes to Christmas? You’ll have to listen to learn about this Christmas conspiracy. 

Passages: Micah 5:2-5a, John 10, Psalm 23, Luke 15:3-7, 1 Peter 2:23-25, 1 Peter 5:1-4

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In this episode, Ken and Mike tackle the third characteristic about Jesus found in Micah 5:2-5a. The fact that Jesus is king. Their conversation includes defining this characteristic, looking at where it’s found in the Bible, and how knowing that Jesus is king makes a difference in our lives. A listener asks the guys to settle the debate of whether Christmas decorating should happen before or after Thanksgiving. And have you ever wondered what days are actually the 12 days of Christmas? Well, you’re in luck because the answer is found in this episode.

Passages: Micah 5:2-5a, Colossians 1:16-17, Hebrews 1, Matthew 21:1-11, John 12:12-19, John 18:33-37

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Mike and Ken venture into season 7, which is a special Christmas season. They will be pulling characteristics of who Jesus is from Micah 5:2-5a. In this episode, they lay some groundwork for the season and then discuss Jesus as God and man. The conversation includes defining these characteristics, looking at where they’re found in the Bible, and how knowing these elements about Jesus makes a difference in our lives. Also, what would cause booing and hissing in the episode? A listener wants to know what happened in the guy’s neighborhoods on Halloween. And the guys help solve a family dilemma that arises during recording in their post credits conversation.

Passages: Micah 5:2-5a, Philippians 2:1-11, John 1:1-5, Colossians 2:9-10, Hebrews 1:1-4, Hebrews 4:14-16

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Ken and Mike review some of the key elements from season 6’s trip through the book of Esther. They break their discussion down into the three types of people found allegorically in this book. These types are non-Christians, fleshly Christians, and spiritual Christians. Also, it’s Jesus Changes People’s 100th episode! As you can imagine, the bunny trails abound. And a listener asks the guys to give some backstory on the show. This sends the guys down memory lane talking about how Jesus Changes People got started, behind-the-scenes elements you may not know, and how it developed in to what it is today. They also talk about challenges, changes, running jokes, and much more.

Passage: Esther 1-10

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