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In this teaching, Jesus is answering a question that many of us might ask today and he shares a story that should rattle us a little bit. Jesus is laying out a requirement for those who belong to his kingdom movement and he wants to make sure that his followers get it.

What Jesus teaches us here is clear and straightforward and it has me checking myself to make sure I’m obeying him in this area and being the kind of man that he wants me to be. We all need to embrace what Jesus is teaching here and the world would be a better place if we all did.

Thanks for listening!

If I had to pick one word that describes the way most people are feeling right now, it would probably be the word anxious. For most of this year, life as we know it has been completely disrupted. What the future will look like is a little uncertain. And this lack of certainty and this disruption to daily life naturally creates some level of anxiousness.

Psalm Reading: Psalm 47:6-9

Scripture Reading: 12:22-39

In this fourth and final study of Psalm One, we will look at the second half of the psalm which describes the way of the wicked and a strong warning about what that kind of life inevitably leads to

In this third study of Psalm One, the psalmist describes the kind of blessed life that God offers us. If we avoid the things in verse one and embrace the practice in verse two then we can expect to experience the kind of things described in verse three.

In this second study of Psalm One, we’re going to invite you to embrace the ancient practice of meditating on the Scriptures. In order to walk the way of the righteous, we must avoid the way of the wicked and delight in a daily discipline that will lead us into experiencing the presence and blessing of God.

For this first study of Psalm One, we’re going to invite you to reflect on the first verse of the psalm and more specifically the three things in this first verse that the psalmist tells us to avoid.

This particular episode is a teaching from Matthew 28 that I prepared and shared with a small group of players during the 2019 season.

We had spent the last several months going through the gospel according to Matthew, and so I wanted to wrap up that series with a bird’s-eye view of the entire account so that we could see the big idea that Matthew is trying to present to his readers. A big reason that I wanted to do this is that I wanted to challenge some of our popular ideas and preconceived notions about what the gospel is all about. Many people in the church hear gospel and think of Jesus dying on the cross so that we could be forgiven by God and go to heaven when we die. I wanted to challenge that way of thinking.

The bigger picture of the good news about who Jesus is and what he is doing in this world has transformed my life and the way that I view the world. It’s changed my approach to how I teach the Bible to my children, and it’s changed the way that I pray and what I find myself praying for.

So, I am humbled by the fact that you are taking time to listen to this right now, but I am also hopeful that this particular message will give you a fresh perspective on what this whole Jesus thing is all about. The gospel is a much bigger idea than many of us are imagining.

Thanks for listening!

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This episode is a teaching from Matthew 23 that I shared with some players at a small gathering during the 2019 season.

In this teaching, Jesus is warning is his own followers and he is pronouncing judgement against the leadership in Jerusalem. In their own efforts to do what they thought was pleasing to God, God’s own people were blind to the fact that they were rejecting him in the process. That is a very sobering reminder for all of us.

This was a difficult message to prepare for and not the kind of message that you get excited to share. But it was a good reminder to me of what God truly wants from us; it really is more about a real relationship than a religion.

Thanks for listening!

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This episode is a teaching from Matthew 20 that I shared with some players at a small gathering during the 2019 season.

In this teaching, Jesus is clearing up some misconceptions that his own disciples had about belonging to his kingdom and exactly how the kingdom of God was going to go about exercising power, overcoming evil and conquering the world. In this particular teaching to his disciples, Jesus directly challenges our normal ideas about power and redefines greatness and status in a way that was just as revolutionary then as it is today.

This was a good reminder for myself and just like most of Jesus’ teachings it has challenged me in the way that I carry myself at home and when I'm around other people. I think we as men especially need to hear what Jesus is saying in this teaching and respond to it with a new approach to all of our relationships.

Thanks for listening!

This episode is a teaching from Matthew 18 that I shared with some players at a small gathering during the 2019 season.

In this teaching, Jesus is answering a question that many of us might ask today and he shares a story that should rattle us a little bit. Jesus is laying out a requirement for those who belong to his kingdom movement and he wants to make sure that his followers get it.

What Jesus teaches us here is clear and straightforward and it has me checking myself to make sure I’m obeying him in this area and being the kind of man that he wants me to be. We all need to embrace what Jesus is teaching here and the world would be a better place if we all did.

Thanks for listening!