On Sunday, we studied powers and principalities as described by the apostle, Paul. Now, a listener asks: All these gods seem more like metaphors than real beings. Do we really need to believe in them if we want to believe the Bible? The NOW roundtable of Suzie Lind, Mike Erre, Tim Timmons and Kevin Dixon explore the theology of the Elohim. But first (because none of you are tired of it yet), a post-mortem on the recent U.S. elections.

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0:48 NOW Uncut. Unedited. Unhinged

2:58 TimStamp: Schleareeyareeyar

4:19 Eye Mugging

4:54 Hot Takes And Hotcakes

5:58 Wispy Dixon

23:15 Content Begins

38:02 Half Baked and Gummied Up

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Our study of Ephesians (or De’phesians) is showing us new ways to pray together. Special guest Seth Erre joins Mike Erre, Suzie Lind, Kevin Dixon and Tim Timmons to look more closely at Paul’s model of praying.

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0:45 Special Guest Welcome

1:35 The SheNaw

2:45 Friday Night And The Gas Is Low

10:05 Shout Out Brad Erre

13:18 It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Aggro Christmas

19:33 Clydesdale Division

24:30 Content? Really, after all this? Does anyone care?

40:24 The Shema

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As we study Ephesians, we're examining the ancient culture of demons and magic and Paul's message of victory over those powers. A listener asks: If that battle over dark powers has already been won, why doesn't it look like that in the church or in my own life? According to Kevin Dixon, Mike Erre, Tim Timmons and Suzie Lind, the answer to that question is the whole point of the book. Listen if you're missing, y'all.

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2:48 No, we didn't edit that

3:31 Seth Erre's naked truth about our pastors

6:30 A hat with no name

9:56 Peaks and pits

15:13 Pumpkin Spice Girl

23:42 Content starts with less than half of the podcast remaining...

30:39 ... and Tim leaves shortly afterwards.

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Continuing our "The Offspring" conversations, we dug into some hard Jewish and Greek ideas on what "sonship" and "adoption" mean. Trigger warning, but it's so good: You can listen here. In this podcast episode, the Journey NOW team, Tim Timmons, Suzie Lind, Mike Erre and Kevin Dixon, respond to listener questions on that and other subjects after they practice hugging each other with their eyes.

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02:37 "You really need to change this."

09:08 Guys without a face

09:35 Moving on: An attempt to steer towards content.

21:39 A bug in the recording

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It's not just 'cause He gave us the love that we never had: Ephesians helps us understand how Jesus solves the paradox of having free will but also being chosen and pre-destined for salvation.

Our core four talkers--Kevin Dixon, Suzie Lind, Tim Timmons and Mike Erre--explore Sunday's teaching (and whether you can exit a plane that's already on its way to Long Beach).

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1:08 Projectile Yacking

5:05 The Technicolor Yawn

7:09 Speaking of vomiting... (Content begins here.)

14:40 SETH ERRE shout out: Here's the "peel well" joke!

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We're saving a prayer for the morning after Sunday's conversation on prayer. Mike Erre, Kevin Dixon and Tim Timmons discuss how they relate to God (or sometimes don't) and respond to listener questions. But first, Mike goes Cali for Tacoberfest and Kevin gets his pantry in a bunch over cinnamon rolls.

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The punk band naming scheme continues, for better or worse, as we begin a new series on Ephesians called The Offspring. As we learn more about how the Church is supposed to live together in unity, skeptical listeners are asking how that idea can be abused. What happens when leaders call for unity as a way of covering up faults, failings and scandals. The kids aren’t alright this week as Kevin Dixon, Mike Erre, Suzie Lind and Tim Timmons hit that subject.

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1:10 Kevin's Wise Console

2:55 Abby At The Recording Council

5:00 Power Breather. Qu'est-ce Que C'est?

12:05 Tim’s Pickleball Meltdown

14:49 Content? Duh. Phesians.

16:33 Content Take Two

31:47 Timestamp THAT Power Breathing

For those who want to be Power Breathers…

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On Sunday, we contrasted the striving, pyramid-shaped Roman cursus honorum society (literally “course of honors”) with Jesus’ willing descent from Lord to crucified outcast. If he called his followers to follow his lead and reject status in favor of unity, what does that look like in our lives? Journey’s text lines are filled this week with questions about how we live out an anti-pyramid faith, and Suzie Lind, Kevin Dixon, Mike Erre and Rob Gonzalez are here to get to the bottom of it all.

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Just a few minutes for intro inanity ‘cause we gotta get to so many questions …

-- 0:58 The Wright Stuff

-- 2:05 Skibidi Ohio Burrito

-- 2:55 Pastor Gonzalez

-- 4:13 Tim's Song

5:30 Listener Questions

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We're still trying to fully grasp the conversation we started last Sunday on accepting other people (even when they're annoying). How is acceptance different from tolerance? Can we still have boundaries? How do we interact when we just fundamentally disagree? Mike Erre, Kevin Dixon, Suzie Lind and Tim Timmons try to put up with each other long enough to gather some insights together.

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01:23 Chips of Fools. Welcome to our special ASMR segment. Geez.

For those who can't accept or tolerate listening to other people eating, please skip forward to ...

7:17 Acceptance Content Begins. Not so annoying.

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Our most recent Sunday conversation spurred a listener to ask what it looks like to spread the Gospel in a loving and authentic way. How do we avoid street-corner-megaphone obnoxiousness? If we avoid that, does that mean we're passive? Suzie Lind, Kevin Dixon and Tim Timmons have a word for it, and the word is love.

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3:02 Magic Man

7:10 Brad Erre Shoutout

7:50 Satan's Chips

11:03 D.I.V.O.R.C.E.

12:10 Content: Listener Questions

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