In this podcast, Brennan provides a quick overview of the cultural and historical context and discusses the fulfilled prophecies that would matter significantly to Matthew’s Jewish audience.

This is the first of four messages going through the values of Maranatha. Join us as we unpack John 16, which is the foundation of this value.

In this episode, we have special guest Marty Solomon. Marty co-hosts the BEMA podcast, is President of Impact Campus Ministries, and is the author of Asking Better Questions of the Bible.

In this episode, we go over some pre-text questions, such as:

Who is Matthew?

Who is he writing to, and what is the goal of this gospel?

What is the structure of Matthew?

Then, we end with unpacking Matthew Chapter 1.

Listen in as we unpack Joshua 3 and how God uses tough circumstances to our character and lives in His likeness.

In this sermon, we talk about how following Christ often comes at the expense of our comfort. Three individuals in Luke 9:57-62: The Ingnorantly Excited, The Procrastinator, & The Divided Heart. They are all met with a challenging response from Jesus that causes them (and us) to wrestle with the cost of following Jesus.