Andrew and Sean conclude the forgiveness series with a conversation with Bethany Ball. Bethany shares her story of being wronged, harboring bitterness, and learning how to forgive.

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Andrew, Sean and JD chat about both the massive and intimate nature of God's forgiveness in the book of Hebrews and the Gospel of Matthew. They also discuss how this forgiveness beckons God's people to be forgiving in nature.

JD joins Andrew and Sean to begin our series on forgiveness! We explore God's character as a forgiving God in Exodus and the hope of Israel that forgiveness of sins will create a new liberation for God's people.

Andrew and Sean conclude our series on sin with an interview with Kyle Hall, the students and young adults pastor at Grace Community! We enjoy hearing Kyle's testimony concerning his battle with sin throughout his life and offer some (hopefully) helpful ways in which we can fight the darkness of sin in our lives.

Andrew and Sean chat with Brandon Cunningham. We talk about the power of Sin as Paul conceives it in the letter to the Romans and rejoice that Sin's power is defeated in Jesus's triumph. And we have a heated debate about curly fries.

Andrew and Sean lead up to a new series on forgiveness by first talking about sin. We look into how the book of Leviticus understands sin and watch it unfold through the narrative of Cain and Abel.

Bibliography:

- Brown, Francis, 1849-1916. The Brown, Driver, Briggs Hebrew And English Lexicon : with an Appendix Containing the Biblical Aramaic : Coded with the Numbering System from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Peabody, Mass. :Hendrickson Publishers, 1996.

- Brueggemann, Walter. Genesis: Interpretation: A Biblical Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Westminster John Knox Press, 2010.

- Wenham, Gordon J. Word Biblical Commentary: Genesis 1-15. Thomas Nelson, 1987.

We conclude our series on hope with a powerful testimony from our guest Diana Osipsov! We talk to her about her fight with cancer, her family's journey as religious refugees, and how her tenacious Christian hope has been the driving force of her life.

To celebrate the holidays, Andrew, Sean, and JD talk about the hope of Jesus presented in the book of Revelation.

Bibliography:

- Aune, David E. Word Biblical Commentary: Revelation 17-22, Thomas Nelson, 1998.

- Brown, Francis, 1849-1916. The Brown, Driver, Briggs Hebrew And English Lexicon : with an Appendix Containing the Biblical Aramaic : Coded with the Numbering System from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Peabody, Mass. :Hendrickson Publishers, 1996.

- Pliny’s Letter to Trajan, Christian History Institute, https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/study/module/pliny// Accessed 2020.

- Gorman, Michael J., Reading Revelation Responsibly: Uncivil Worship and Witness Following the Lamb into the New Creation. Cascade Books., 2010.

Andrew, JD, and Sean chat about how hope manifested itself in the difficult situations of pilgrims in the Old Testament, how that hope was fulfilled in the person of Jesus Christ, and what it means for our lives today.

Bibliography:

- Brown, Francis, 1849-1916. The Brown, Driver, Briggs Hebrew And English Lexicon : with an Appendix Containing the Biblical Aramaic : Coded with the Numbering System from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. Peabody, Mass. :Hendrickson Publishers, 1996.

- Emerson, Matthew Y., What is Sheol?: Exploring the Afterlife in the Old Testament, Desiring God, https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-is-sheol/ Accessed 2020.

- Volf, Miroslav, Against the Tide: Love in a Time of Petty Dreams and Persisting Enmities, Eerdmans., 2010.