Beginning a series about the nonviolent life and teachings of Jesus, we start by looking at John 18 and the interaction between Jesus and Pilate and how their two different kingdoms are in conflict over power, truth, violence, and righteousness.

Jon discusses Marty Solomon's new book, "Asking Better Questions of the Bible: a Guide for the Wounded, Wary, & Longing for More" along with a host of other questions surrounding the mystical Jesus, deconstruction of dogma, and whether it gets run over by karma.

Find the book, Bema podcast, and all things Marty at:

https://www.martysolomon.com

Jon discusses Marty Solomon's new book, "Asking Better Questions of the Bible: a Guide for the Wounded, Wary, & Longing for More" along with a host of other questions surrounding the mystical Jesus, deconstruction of dogma, and whether it gets run over by karma.

Find the book, Bema podcast, and all things Marty at:

www.MartySolomon.com

Continuing in our spiritual disciplines series as we discuss fasting and Jesus' new teachings on fasting.

Here we kick off our 2023 series on classic Spiritual Disciplines, beginning with prayer. I discuss three facets of prayer: that we need to learn to pray, that prayer and righteousness must go hand in hand, and that we must persevere and never give up in our prayer life.

Here we discuss the intersection of the kingdom of God and politics. What does it look like to be aliens and strangers in the world, yet still be in the world? Should Christian's vote if they have the opportunity?

What if Jesus meant every word he said?

Dean Taylor is president of Sattler College in Boston and author of A Change of Allegiance, a book that chronicles his journey of faith to wrestle with the question, "what if Jesus meant every word he said?"

While a soldier in the United States Army, Dean wrestled with the idea of Christian nationalism as he and his wife sat in the bunks reading their Bible every night. They simply couldn't get past Jesus' abundantly clear teaching to love your enemy. What if Jesus really meant every word he said ...

Referenced Just War Debate: "It's Just War": https://youtu.be/K4xQaDDKY7k

Continuing the Kingdom of God series, here we take a look at the passion week of Christ in the gospel of John to show how Jesus confronted the kingdoms of the world and undermined and subverted their power by overcoming death itself, not by force or war, but through peaceful, non-retaliatory self-sacrificing love.

On Palm Sunday, in this sermon we take a look at the arrival of an unexpected king riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, and what that has to do with our lives today.

Matthew 21:1-11

Here we look at Mat 5:21-48, the "6 antitheses" of Jesus' sermon on the mount. Jesus fulfills and expounds upon the law of Moses to show that God is concerned about the human heart and motive, as well as outward action. In particular we discuss the radical and upside down nature of God's kingdom of peace and non-violence.