In speaking about marriage and divorce, Jesus was not so much making laws as He was reorienting our perceptions.

Have we allowed our faith in God to give us true peace--true shalom, or are we holding onto our fear and our responsibility too tightly?

Jesus indicated to the apostles that even they, His chosen ones, are not the center of the universe.

In the Kingdom of God, God distributes the ministry; and in the Kingdom of God, God determines the message.

In this episode, J. Thomas returns to the ethical theories that dominate western societies and then brings in a discussion about the Bible and ethical deliberation for Christians.

Even though Jesus had just told His disciples that leadership in the Kingdom of God would be from the bottom up instead of from the top down, they still seem to have assumed that the ministry of the Kingdom had to go through them.

What is our orientation?  How thoroughly has our faith in Jesus effected our lives?

What are the consequences of living disconnected from God?

Transformation occurs when we allow the vision we received on the mountaintop to sustain us when we cannot see five feet in front of us.

How do we determine the goodness or badness of a particular behavior?  If you find that an easy question to answer, you're probably doing it wrong.