Crooks robbed us.  The guy with the ear infection bailed on us.  Nick, where were you? 

In this episode, which ends up being about a little something but certainly some nothing, was inspired by the absence of our intended co-host and listener, Nick.  So thanks Nick. Even though you left us hanging on this one, you still ended up having it named after you.  

Love you bro!

Last week was messy and there was no closure . . . kind of like life sometime.  This week the guys try their best to search for meaning in the midst of the mess.  

What do incest, mass killings, dying because of bad orders, circumcision's, and Ai have in common?  Ever read a part of the Bible that just makes you cringe?  Ever wish you could ask God why the heck he included that story? Ever look into the mirror of introspection?  (shots fired!)  This week the guys dive into the Bibles' dirty laundry and hang it out to dry like a quarterback's lucky jock-strap.  

Just to warn you, there's no real closure in this episode.  Only things that are simultaneously in the categories of "in the Bible" and "difficult to talk to your kids about."  

Come back next week for their take on the answers to how any of these difficult stories could possibly add value to the life of the reader.  

The guys, along with Mick and Katie, dive a little deeper and focus a little more closely the specific question of what the Bible has to say about the topic of immigrants.  

Joined this week by Mick Hanna and Katie White, the guys wander down the rabbit hole of immigration in the US as it stands today.  Mick and Katie are pretty serious about helping people and Jared is trying his best to guide a conversation while Joe and Aaron run around with questions like a toddlers who stumbled across a book of the human body.  Tune in for the rest of the conversation in our next episode!

It's actually the second part of episode 10; but seeing as how ya'll get confused with the whole 10a and 10b thing, we're just calling it episode 11.  According to C.S. Lewis, if you put second things first, you lose both second things and first things.  The guys dive a little further into the conversation about popular idols in American culture.  

If you want to here more of what Lewis had to say, just search "second things first" essay's because in spite of his best efforts to bring it back to that topic, he forgets.

Jared lost a kid.  Joe's progeny is just as annoying as him and Aaron can't help but self promote.  But none of that's news.  

What do politics, sports, sex, identity, justice, and just about anything else have in common? They all become idols if we choose to worship them.  While starting a discussion on popular American idols this week the guys wrestle with important definitions and discuss the gray area surrounding the lines drawn between recreative activities and idol worship.  

The body of Christ is a wonderful thing to be part of.  The church is often a place where people experience things far from the love of Christ.  But aren't they both supposed to be the same thing?  Aaron thinks he can provoke some answers from Joe and Jared in this two part episode as the guys discuss the in's and out's of what the church is, perhaps what it ought to be.

The body of Christ is a wonderful thing to be part of.  The church is often a place where people experience things far from the love of Christ.  But aren't they both supposed to be the same thing?  Aaron thinks he can provoke some answers from Joe and Jared in this two part episode as the guys discuss the in's and out's of what the church is, perhaps what it ought to be.  

Jared is confused about how opening lines work, Joe and Aaron agree that he's confused, and the guys continue their discussion about recent proposed gun laws and dip their toes into their relevancy to Christian living.   

Oh yeah.  If you missed the last episode, you'll wanna catch that one before listening through the rest of this one.  Or not.  That's up to you.