Welcome to our first video podcast. This is just an experiment but we hope you enjoy the extra medium.

This week on The RevCast, we focus on Luke 23. Jesus forgiveness in the midst of violence. A deathbed confession and still, grace is given.

We talk about forgiveness that does not wait for repentance or apology. We look at what it means to live in real community when people bring conflict, history, and differences with them.

If forgiveness sits at the center of the gospel, then it has to shape how you live. The question is direct. Who do you need to forgive, and what is stopping you?

Hi Friends, if you want to skip the banter and get right to the Bible stuff, jump ahead to about the 16-minute mark.

A broken toilet seat, AI transcripts, and a five-second bleep delay. Just another day on RevCast. But beneath the chaos, the crew wrestles with one of the most unsettling questions in the Passion story: why did the crowd choose Barabbas over Jesus? And what does that choice say about crowds, power, and the choices people still make today?

False witnesses.
A midnight trial.
And Jesus finally says the one thing everyone was waiting for.

In Mark’s Passion story, silence suddenly turns into the boldest statement Jesus ever makes: “I am.”

This week the RevCast crew wanders through bad courtroom procedure, the messianic secret, why Mark’s Gospel ends so awkwardly, and the uncomfortable question hanging over the church today:

What if the problem isn’t that people don’t know the story of Jesus.
What if we’ve forgotten how to live it?

Also in this episode:
AI transcription chaos, Pope Facetious accidentally becoming President, a debate about when pastors should reveal their clerical identities, and an urgent theological question about lunch.

Why are we talking Palm Sunday so early in Lent? Because the Passion story doesn’t wait politely for Holy Week, and neither do our expectations.

In this episode, the crew dives into John 12:12-19 and the triumphal entry from a different angle. What were the crowds expecting when they shouted “Hosanna”? A conquering king? A political liberator? A priestly fixer? And what happens when the Messiah shows up on a donkey instead of a war horse?

Along the way, we explore the idea of “messiah scripts,” the ways each Gospel frames Jesus differently, and how our own expectations of God shape what we think faith should look like. We talk eschatology, crowd psychology, and why loving your neighbor might be more subversive than we admit.

If the Messiah refuses to meet our assumptions, maybe the invitation isn’t to double down, but to change our expectations. In a world that feels overwhelming, faithful change often looks less like fixing everything and more like taking the next step right in front of you.

Also, yes, we define “mumpsimus.” And yes, it applies.

Pastors Mike, Bri, Paul, and Jeremy are all United Methodist Pastors serving in and around the Grand Rapids Area of Michigan. They gather each week to dig just a bit deeper into the scripture than they could on their own. Each member of the podcast brings their own perspective and together they try to find more depth in their communal understandings.

This week the crew wrestles with Jesus’ most uncomfortable command: love your enemies.

From Facebook fights after the Super Bowl halftime show to church newsletters no one reads, from sermon planning chaos to systemic racism, this episode refuses to stay polite. The conversation moves through Matthew 5:43–48 and asks hard questions:

• What does love look like when politics shape our religion?
• Is silence approval?
• Is indifference a form of hate?
• Does loving your enemy make you a fool?

Along the way, they talk about greeting the people you’d rather avoid, monsterification, Matthew 25, Habitat board meetings, Lent planning, and an ancient novel called The Golden Ass that portrayed Christians as gullible suckers.

Maybe that wasn’t an insult?

What does it mean to be salt and light right now? Not as a slogan. Not as a church t-shirt. But as a lived faith with intention.

In this episode, the RevCast crew digs into Matthew 5:13-20 and asks hard questions about purpose, righteousness, and visibility. They talk about loneliness, therapy, friendship, and why faith does not grow by accident. Salt loses its edge when it sits still. Light disappears when it stays hidden.

This is a conversation about intentional connection, embodied justice, and why following Jesus asks more than being nice. It asks you to show up.

In this episode, the RevCast crew talks about friendship, loneliness, and why community matters more than ever. The conversation wanders through Ecclesiastes, The Sandlot, Dogma, and real life ministry, with plenty of laughter along the way.

You hear honest reflections on isolation, church as a gathering space, refrigerator friends, and the search for a third dimension beyond work and family. The group wrestles with what it means to stop surviving and start living together, and why two really are better than one, especially right now.

This RevCast Christmas episode starts where all good holiday debates start. Die Hard counts as a Christmas movie. From there, five pastors turn to Luke 1:26–38 and Mary’s response to God, exploring consent, agency, and the courage it takes to say yes when life turns upside down. The conversation moves between scripture, genealogy, ritual, memory, and the strange comfort of telling the same story every year. Along the way, they reflect on imperfect joy, evolving family traditions, and why Christmas matters even when faith grows slowly. Theology and humor sit side by side, with a reminder that God keeps showing up, often in unexpected ways.

Seriously friends, I am sure there is some great RevCast content in here but we are all a bit sillier than usual. It was fun for us, we hope listening is fun for you

This week we talk renewal, burnout, cancan dancing, Corinth as the ancient equivalent to Las Vegas, and why pastors forget to rest. The Greek gets spicy. The stories get personal. The laughter keeps breaking through. If you need a lift or a spark, this one delivers.