Episode #13 of The Godwit Podcast with David Kowalick and Paul Smith. The Christian practice of Communion or the Eucharist is based on the last supper that Jesus had with his disciples the night before his crucifixion. This supper has big theological implications for how Jesus saw his own upcoming sacrificial death. So what Old Testament motifs did Jesus use to explain his death to his disciples? What did he mean when he said, "This is my blood... poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins?"

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Episode #12 of The Godwit Podcast with David Kowalick and Paul Smith. In this episode we discuss Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem shortly before his death, and how this scene is absolutely loaded with significance from hundreds of years of Jewish expectation, reaching back to the Exile and announcements by the Old Testament prophets.

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Episode #11 of The Godwit Podcast with David Kowalick and Paul Smith. Jesus did and said a lot of things during his earthly ministry, and we could spend years discussing it all. But in this episode we try to give a brief overview and discuss how Jesus' ministry as a whole was to bring the kingdom of God and push back or tear down everything that stood in its way.

In episode #10 of The Godwit Podcast, David Kowalick and Paul Smith discuss whether the kingdom of God is inclusive or exclusive, and what it takes to get into the kingdom.

Immediately before beginning his public ministry, Jesus is baptised, anointed  by God and then sent into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit to be tempted by the devil. In this episode of the Godwit Podcast, David Kowalick and Paul Smith discuss the details of Jesus' baptism and temptation and how they reveal the role of the Messiah as the representative of both Israel and humanity to bring humanity back under the rule of God.

Continuing our series on the gospel of the kingdom of God, we take a look at John the Baptist and his task of preparing the people of Israel for their long awaited king to come, the Messiah Jesus.

In this episode we look at the birth of Jesus as told in the gospel accounts of Matthew and Luke. There is a very clear theme in all of the stories: the Messiah, anticipated by the Old Testament, has arrived.

In this episode we trace the idea of the Messianic king in the Old Testament, from Abraham to Jacob, Judah, David and some of the many references by the psalmists and prophets.

In previous episodes we've discussed how the gospel is the declaration that the kingdom of God has arrived through its king, Jesus the Christ (Messiah), and how the preaching by the apostles in Acts centres on the claim that Jesus is the Christ. In this episode we introduce the backstory of the gospel and reframe the whole biblical story. This episode has a lot of crossover content with our episode "What Is The Kingdom Of God".

In our series on the gospel we have shown that the gospel is the message that the kingdom of God has arrived through Jesus, the Messiah. But what is the kingdom of God and where is it?