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For the Fifth Sunday in Lent, John and Delmer are discussing texts which emphasize God as the Primary Actor in regeneration and our part in community covenant renewal. Works for me! Special musical guests are the Chancel Choir singers of Trinity United Methodist Church in Gainesville, Florida, performing The Ground, a brief setting of the mass portion Pleni sunt caeli, by Ola Gjeilo.

Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua.
Osanna, Osanna in excelsis.

Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
Benedictus qui venit.
Osanna, Osanna in excelsis.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,
Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi,
Dona nobis pacem.

Heaven and earth are full
of thy glory.
Hosanna, hosanna in the highest.

Blessed is He who comes
in the name of the Lord.
Blessed is He who comes.
Hosanna in the highest.

Lamb of God,
who takest away the sins of the world,
Lamb of God,
who takest away the sins of the world,
Lamb of God,
grant us peace.

It's snakes on poles and being saved by grace today -- listen in as the Bubbas wrangle with the texts for the Fourth Sunday in Lent. Special musical guests are The Martins with Except for Grace.

On this Third Sunday in Lent, Jesus stirs up the crowd by predicting that the temple, if torn down, would be rebuilt in only three days. Preposterous! Listen in as the Bubbas evaluate this and other fantastical claims in the scripture texts for the day. Special music guest is singer/songwriter Mary Gauthier, offering Mercy, Now.

For the Second Sunday in Lent, the Bubbas consider Jesus' call to take up a cross in a world that is rocked by sin and death seemingly every single day. Where is the gospel in the midst of chaos and tragedy? A challenge for preachers and all Christians, for sure! Special musical guest is Dallas Holm, offering a contemporary Christian classic tune, Rise Again.

The First Sunday in Lent is here -- a bit earlier than some of us may have expected! Maybe that's the way the movement of God always happens? Anyhow, here's some discussion of Jesus' journey into the wilderness and what that means for us as we prepare to follow him. Special musical guests include the original cast of Jesus Christ Superstar, with the character of Judas Iscariot offering a bit of his own personal Lenten thought process in the song, Heaven on Their Minds. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice.

Though not quite transfigured, the Bubbas are here to do their best in talking through the texts for the final Sunday in Epiphany, Transfiguration Sunday. As is the case with Elijah and Elisha, God has a unique way to let the boys who came up the mountain with Jesus know that it's about time to "ease on down the road" and keep walking toward Jerusalem and the wider work of God in the world. Special musical guests are Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, performing -- you guessed it -- Ease on Down the Road!

The action continues in Mark's gospel, and Two Bubbas and a Bible are there to cover it! These are the texts for the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Super Bowl Sunday (February 4, 2018.) Special musical guests are the Statler Brothers, along with Lester "Roadhog" Moran and the Cadillac Cowboys. Good stuff, I tell ya'!

The Bubbas are at it again for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, with great texts from Deuteronomy and Mark's gospel taking the stage. Special musical guest is Hank Williams, Sr., performing Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed?, a text by Isaac Watts, with tune (mostly) by Ralph Hudson.

Recorded and edited over the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday, this session for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany appropriately asks, "What is demanded when one is following a call?" Commentary is the responsibility of Two Bubbas and a Bible, while the special guest musicians are for the birds -- I mean, they ARE The Byrds. We go out with Turn, Turn, Turn (For Every Season There is a Time) with music by Pete Seeger and words by Qoheleth.

John and Delmer are jawing over the texts and a few sermon ideas for the Second Sunday after the Epiphany. It ain't all bad! Special musical guests are combined choirs of the Orthodox tradition from Singapore, offering a great hymn setting of Lord, Here Am I (words by Fanny Crosby, tune by John Ness Beck.)