As more and more non-Jewish people begin to believe in Jesus, arguments arise about what one really needs to do to follow him.  Can you love Jesus  if you never knew Moses?  And who gets to decide these things anyway?  What's up with this strange and seemingly contradictory solution?

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A gifted seer is summoned by the Moabite king to curse a foreign nation called the Israelites.  The story that follows involves an armed angel, a confused prophet, a violently heated argument with a donkey, and a really strange narrative about what it really means to be used by God.

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It's one of the most iconic stories in human history.  The image of the woman beneath a tree, holding a piece of fruit and conversing with a snake is almost universally recognizable.  But if all God's creation is good, where did the snake come from?  And why does it talk?  And why doesn't the woman find any of this...weird?

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Accounts of miracles in Scripture occur commonly and do not appear weird to the familiar reader.  But some supernatural interventions are stranger than others. As Jesus' disciples began to carry his message to people outside of Jerusalem, a man named Philip proclaims this good news in the desert, before mysteriously vanishing without a trace.  What happened to him?  

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A horrific scene unfolds outside of Bethel.  After a man of God curses a mob of boys who insult him, two bears emerge from the woods and maul dozens of the gang.  What is happening here?  Is God really being vindictive towards a group of ornery children?

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In Acts 5, the young, growing church in Jerusalem is rocked by the strange and sudden deaths of two of its members.  Why, in a story otherwise filled with miracles and spiritual transformation, are two people now falling lifeless to the ground?  And what does it mean for this new community of Jesus-followers?

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Most people remember Jonah for the Big Fish that stops the prophet in his tracks and forces him back towards the call of God for his life.  So it's a bit weird that the story actually ends with the title character bitterly complaining about a shriveled plant in the desert.  What is really happening here?

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Tim and Justin check-in from a longer-than-expected hiatus.  Find out what and when is next with the podcast.

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A farmer sets out to plant his crops for the season, but the seed falls on various types of soil, leading to different results.

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A widow relentlessly pesters an unscrupulous judge in her town until he provides her with the help she desires.

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