Welcome to the 16th episode of Pulpit To Pew. This week Rev. Gibson and Johnny Gwin compares and contrasts the biblical villain Jezebel, wife of King Ahab, and her legacy of vengeance, power, and possession with the ‘woman of the city’ who humbly requested Jesus to forgive her of her sin. The themes of the episode revolve around the ideas of interacting with others with an open heart and mind, allowing others to be given a new chance in life, and accepting that others are as valuable as oneself. What steps do we need to take to "become new" in the eyes of God and ourselves? What is humbling ourselves before God mean? What role does forgiveness play in becoming the "best version of ourselves?"

What You Will Hear:

The Old Testament's Jezebel and her legacy in the Bible, culture and on our plates
King Ahab - The weak, and whiny baby ruler of the Northern Kingdom of Isreal
Jezebel - the enabler and schemer
Elijah - God's police detective?
The Beginning of the end for the Northern Kingdom of Ahab and Jezebel
Correlation of Jezebel and Luke's "woman of the city"
Dominance versus wholeness
Possession, power, and vengeance
Acceptable and unacceptable view of possession
Marriage as a shared possession and ownership
Open hand vs. closed fist
Paul's transformation and possession of Christ
Transforming but remaining you
The process of letting go of your past
How to be a new and better you
Following each other in marriage
Listening and trusting your partner
Letting go of your own shame
Toni Morrison - claiming your own creativity
Giving up my sense of worthlessness
Claiming the forgiveness that you desire
Willingness to be forgiven
Forgiveness of others starts with you

Readings:
1 Kings 21:1-21a
Galatians 2:15-21
Luke 7:36-8:3

Pulpit To Pew is a discussion between priest (Rev. Beverly Gibson) and parishioner (Johnny Gwin) on the weekly lessons and readings. Please subscribe to the podcast on Apple iTunes, Overcast App, Soundcloud.com and of course pulpittopew.com.