After listening to our re-think of John (New Order, “He Had To Go To Samaria”) a texter asks why Journey’s teaching varies so much from the traditional narratives and interpretations they have heard. Are the pastors just making this stuff up? Shockingly, that turns out not to the be case. And, Mike Erre, Kevin Dixon, Tim Timmons and Suzie Lind are here to share the receipts on their sources. 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro

00:59 Thick In The Rims

09:53 Question. Response. Sources. Receipts.

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SELECTED REFERENCES IN THIS EPISODE

How God Became King / N.T. Wright

The King Jesus Gospel / Scot McKnight

George Eldon Ladd

IVP Bible Background Commentary / Craig Keener

Christ And Time / Oscar Cullmann 

The “For Everyone” Series / John Goldingray

The Bible Project / Online

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This week's NOW crew--Suzie Lind, Kevin Dixon, Rob Gonzalez, Mike Erre and special guest Seth Erre--comes in from the cold to relive the big chill that was Winter Storm Fern. Then, it's a different kind of ice storm as the group considers the proper response of the church amid events like Minnesota's recent shootings.

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Jesus turned water into wine; this week's NOW panel turns wine into blather. Mike Erre and Kevin Dixon are joined by very special guests Randy "Randyana Jones" Hanson and super producer Edwin "Irwin" Rivera III. As we continue to study John, the group responds to questions about two signs that are tied together symbolically—the wedding banquet wine and Jesus' confrontation in the temple courts.

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New year, NEW ORDER! That’s the name of our new study in the book of John. Special guest “El Guapo” joins regulars Suzie Lind, Kevin Dixon and Mike Erre to relive 80s electronic pop and answer questions from the Journey community.

TIMESTAMPS

00:49 Blue Tuesday: Are we recording this?

05:30 Touched By The Voice of God: (Or at least, Joel Osteen).

11:58 True Faith: John content begins.

15:42 Word To Your Mother: John content really starts now. 

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It's 2026 and “we’re going up, up, up. It’s our moment…”

Wait: You don’t have a pump-up song? Our special guest, spiritual director Katie Mullin, does. And, she’s entering the studio shining like she was meant to be. Host Suzie Lind talks with Katie about recovery, finding wholeness and, yeah, becoming golden.

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On this final episode of the year, Kevin Dixon, Suzie Lind and Rob Gonzalez remember 2025's highlights and lowlights—and look ahead to what's coming for Journey in the new year.

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In Lamentations 3, we get a short intermission from despair for a few verses of hope and trust in God. (Don't worry; we'll be back to lamenting next week.) Suzie Lind, Mike Erre, Kevin Dixon and Tim Timmons answer listener questions about the God who's with us even when things don't get fixed. But first, we're doing deep on Christmas carols and crushes.

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As we continue to study Lamentations (Merry Christmas, y'all!), this week's NOW team—Suzie Lind, Mike Erre and Kevin Dixon—explore the power of lament in community. But first: More than 10 minutes of prideful self-congratulations on our recent "Big Table" church meeting.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro

01:30 Buying Time

03:00 Seth Erre Segment

08:58 A Heart of Soy

10:05 Money talks. Apparently, in an unimpressive monotone.

13:50 Content begins, and we all mourn.

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In this special bonus episode, Suzie Lind talks with Brodrick Thomas and Dre Sanders of The Refuge Center. Journey partners with the Franklin, Tenn.-based counseling service to help provide mental health services to those who need them, regardless of ability to pay.

To learn more about The Refuge Center, visit: https://refugecenter.org

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We're reminded this week that advent begins in darkness. And, so we begin a four-week study of Lamentations. Layla Shahmohammedi joins Kevin Dixon, Tim Timmons and Suzie Lind as they consider current laments from our own community and explore how to relate to God in the midst of despair.

Seth Erre shoutout at 05:00 and content starts at 05:55. But first, our pastors are smoking and drinking....

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