The Table Dallas: Recent Episodes
David Wahlstedt
At The Table Dallas we create sacred space to worship, share our stories and explore how those stories intersect with the story God is writing in our world.
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Our study moves to Romans 5:12-21 and Paul's theological treatise on the doctrine of Imputation.
Our study in Romans brings us to the first 8 verses of chapter 5 and Paul's description of the hope we have through Christ.
Our study of the opening chapters of Paul's Epistle to the Romans continues with the last part of Romans 4.
Our Fall teaching series from our According to Paul year-long study begins today when Pastor Dave introduces us to our approach to reading Romans.
We wrap up our summer study of Paul's Third Missionary Journey with a deep dive into Acts 22.
Paul finally reaches Jerusalem at the conclusion of his Third Missionary Journey. What will his reception be like?
We continue to follow the Apostle Paul on his Third Missionary Journey as he spends time at Troas in Acts 20.
We continue our study of Paul's Third Missionary Journey when we investigate Acts 19:1-12.
The first in our next installment of our year-long series entitled According to Paul. These next 9 podcasts will cover Paul's Third Missionary Journey.
We conclude this portion of our year-long series According to Paul focused on his paradoxes, with a study of Philippians 4:8-9.
1 Corinthians 9:1-23 will be our focus as we consider Paul's persuasive rhetoric behind his choice NOT to exercise his rights as an Apostle to financial renumeration.
Our focus moves to 2 Corinthians 8:1-15 and Paul's persuasive argument for the church at Corinth to follow the lead of the churches in Macedonia and support the church in Jerusalem.
Our focus moves to 2 Corinthians 6:3-10 and Paul's assertion that he "has nothing but owns everything."
We continue our discussion from 1 Corinthians 1 where Paul speaks about Foolish Wisdom and the Gospel.
Our year-long study in Paul’s Epistles continues as we focus on Pauline Paradoxes. Today we look at Stong Weakness from 2 Corinthians 12:1-12.
We begin the third portion of our year-long study entitled According to Paul with our first paradox: strong weakness from 2 Corinthians 12:1-10.
We move now to Paul’s writings on the person and work of Jesus. Today we’re in Philippians 2:5-11.
We conclude our first grouping in our study in the Pauline Epistles with a study in Romans 12:1-2.
We turn our attention to Paul’s admonition to live by faith not by sight in 2 Corinthians 5:7.
A promise of joyful forgiveness and national salvation is the center of our study of Isaiah 12.
Our conversation turns to the familiar story of the transfiguration, but do we really understand the significance of the text?
Our study moves us into Jeremiah’s prophetic literature written in his unique poetic prose.
Our study brings us to Matthew 4:1-11 and the First Testament THREADS to the Temptation of Jesus narrative.
Our year-long THREADS series enters a new paradigm as we take a deep dive into Joshua 5:1-12.
Our final dive in the gospels where Jesus is once again accused of hanging with sinners.
Our study brings us to Matthew 15 and Jesus’ controversial interaction with a Canaanite woman.
If we pay closer attention to familiar texts like Luke 19:1-10, we may discover things we’ve never seen before and it totally changes how we are to understand the text.
We dive into our summer pairing in our year-long Threads series with the first installment of our Saints and Sinners and a study of Luke 7:36-50.
We move to interpreting parables with wind and/or fire imagery with this study of Matthew 7:21-29 and the Parable of the Two Builders.
Our study brings us to Daniel 3 and one of the most miraculous stories in all of Scripture.
Join us as we discover Jesus walking across water to his disciples in the midst of a storm.
Our literary approach to meaning making in Scripture brings us to an inclusio with an enacted parable in Mark 11:11-24.
Our journey takes us to 1 Kings 19 where Elijah encounters the Divine in powerful ways.
Our journey with Jacob continues with a narrative found in Genesis 35 that connects to John 4.
Our focus shifts to stone imagery in this study of Jacob in Genesis 28 with the introduction of a more robust definition of the meaning of a text.
Sticks and Stones is the first image pair for our year-long THREADS teaching theme highlighting the hyperlinked nature of scripture. Todays text is from Genesis 2-3.
The second in our series that introduces 8 principles that form the basis of our biblical interpretive scheme.
Or study of Qoheleth continues with 8:2-16 and the Quester’s challenge to just enjoy life now because there is nothing else.
Our study of Qoheleth continues with the Quester’s dose of proverbial wisdom in 7:1-12.
Week four of our study in Qoheleth where we examine the biblical lyrics to the famous Seeger song, Turn, Turn, Turn and the prose that follows in Qoheleth 3:1 - 4:3.
Our study on the Fruit of the Spirit moves to goodness as we dig deeper into Romans 13.
Our study of the Fruit of the Spirit continues with a deeper look at patience from James 5:7-11.
Our study of the Fruit of the Spirit continues with a focus on JOY from Philippians 1:11-21.
Join us as we look at the response of the Hellenistic residents of Jerusalem to the sermon of Stephen in Acts 7.
We’ve arrived at Good Friday. Join us as we journey through a harmony of the gospel accounts of Friday of Holy Week.
Our study moves it’s focus to Spy Wednesday and the account of the unnamed woman in Mark 14:1-11.
We begin our study of Passion Week with an examination of events of Monday and its interpretive key for all of Holy Week.
We wrap up our journey in Jonah with our final look at the last seven verses of chapter four.
Our focus thurs to 1:4-17 as Jonah interacts with the sailors on the boat out of Joppa bound for Tarshish.
Our brand new series in the book of Jonah begins with this background information and study of the first three verses of chapter one.
The O Antiphons are the 8th century creation of the Benedictine monks as companion theological statements about the coming Messiah traditionally sung during the last seven days of Advent.
Our series lands us in a text with a familiar verse that my not mean what we think it means.
Our series drops us in Jeremiah 2:1-13 and God’s indictment of Israel in what amounts to divorce court.
Our attention turns this Fall to the First Testament prophets, this week to the song of Isaiah in 5:1-10.
Our penultimate study in Luke’s gospel finds us in chapter 18:18-25 and the question of a certain ruler about how he could obtain eternal life.
Our journey through Luke’s gospel brings us to the first nine verses chapter of chapter 16.
Our After Easter series begins in John 20:19-23 and the first post-resurrection appearance of Jesus to the assembled disciples.
Our Lenten season series continues with a familiar text from John 2 and the cleansing of the Temple.
Our series marches on with another story from the book of Judges, this one from chapter 11.
Our new series begins with the perplexing text of 2 Samuel 6:1-11 in which God strikes Uzzah dead for attempting to keep the Ark of the Covenant from taking a tumble.
Our Advent series concludes with cryptic words and unusual imagery related to the Temple and the Day of the Lord.
Our series continues with an examination of the interaction between the Jewish elders, a Centurion, and Jesus found in Luke 7:1-10.
Our series continues in the First Testament book of 1 Samuel 25 and the conflict between David and Nabor.
Our series returns to the First Testament to discover the Unspoken Things in Joshua 9 and the deception of the Gibeonites.
Our Unspoken Things series shifts to the Second Testament as we introduce the concept of Patronage with a deeper look at Matthew 5.
Our journey with the Patriarchs continues with the story of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38.
Our journey through the origin stories fo Genesis continues with a closer look at the story of Jacob meeting his uncle Laban and his daughter Rachel found in Genesis 29.
The most important aspects of culture most often go unsaid. Join us as we travel with Abraham in Genesis 11-17 and discover how his story illustrates the Unspoken Things of his culture.
Our series concludes with a message from Haggai 1:1-15 on the importance of putting first things first.
Zechariah 8:1-12 is our focus text as we continue our series in the First Testament prophets.
Our series moves to the post-explicit prophet Malachi and his indictment of his people for robbery.
Join us for a deep dive into one of the most oft quoted First Testament texts found in Jeremiah 29.
Our journey through the Major and Minor Prophets continues with the account of Nehemiah’s return to Jerusalem to rebuild the walls.
Join us as we begin our spring study in the First Testament Major and Minor Prophets with a challenging text in Ezra 10.
Join us as we take another look at Mathew 21:1-11 and the importance and symbolism of this political theater.
Join guest facilitator David Knight as he explores the holy habit of bringing tithes and offerings.
Our journey toward Easter continues with the next installment of our Holy Habits series. This week we're studying Matthew 12:1-14.
Join our conversation about the importance of adding scripture meditation to our rhythm of Holy Habits.
Our Lenten series continues with a condensed version of The Lord's Prayer and the parable from Jesus that follows it in Luke 11:1-13.
Our new Lenten series, Holy Habits: Spiritual Rythms for Ordinary People, commences with a study of Psalm 119 and a simple study approach anyone can use.
Our February focus on the call of women in Scripture continues with the story of Deborah in Judges 4.
Our study shifts to calls to women with the account of the interaction between Jesus and the Samaritan woman in John 4.
Our study moves to the High Priestly prayer of Jesus at the end of the Farewell Discourse in John 17. Here we discover our calling to unity so that the world may believe that Jesus is the Christ.
Our Called teaching series continues with the account of the healing of the paralytic man after he is let down into a house through the roof found in Mark 2:1-12.
Jesus said, "Follow me and I will make you fishers of people." Simon and his partners James and John leave everything behind to follow Him.
Our investigation of calling in the Scriptures continues with the announcement of His call by Jesus in the synagogue of his home town of Nazareth. You might be surprised by the response of the people.
The first in our new CALLED teaching series that investigates God’s unique calling on individuals in the First and Second Testament. Today we look at the calling of John the Baptist from Matthew 3:1-12.
Our Advent series concludes with a message entitled The Other Side of Christmas from Matthew 2.
Our Advent journey continues in Matthew 2:1-13 and the arrival of the Magi from the East.
Our Advent series continues as we look at Matthew’s account of the nativity story found in chapter 1:18-25.
Join us on our Advent journey for 2020 as we look with fresh eyes at the announcement to Mary in Matthew 1.
In this episode, we’re introduced to our friend Robert who shares about his work with Uganda EPC and our Uganda Shoe Trees charity.
Our series moves forward with a study of 1 Samuel 18 and David’s tumultuous relationship with Saul as seen through the eyes of Jonathan.
We conclude the first half of our series The Meaning of Love by wrapping up our study of Joseph in Genesis 45:1-15.
Our new Fall season begins with week one of four in the life of Joseph. His story begins in Genesis 37.
Join us as David Knight completes our September series with a message entitled “Lord Willing.”
Our series continues with our discussion of James 2:14-26 and the relationship between faith and faithful actions.
We close this portion of Ekklesia with a study of Acts 17 and Paul’s proclamation of the gospel in Thessalonica and on Mars Hill in Athens.
Chapter 15 is the dividing point of the book of Acts both numerically and in its focus. the first half is devoted to the growth of the church among the Jewish people. The last half is devoted to the gospel being spread to the Gentiles. But first, an issue has to be resolved.
We resume our Ekklesia series with Paul and Barnabas in Lystra. The account is found in Acts 14:8-29.
Our Ekklesia study through the book of Acts continues with a deep dive into Herod and Peter’s prison break in Acts 12.
Our Ekklesia series through the book of Acts continues with gospel going to Antioch in Acts 11:19-31.
There are some "game-changing" moments in scripture and Acts 9 is one of those moments. The gospel begins it's spread to the Gentiles with the conversion of Saul on the road to Damascus.
The purpose of the death and resurrection of Jesus is the redemption of all people from every nation, tribe, people, and language.
We are profoundly grieved by the tragic events unfolding in our nation in recent weeks. In moments like this, when it’s hard to find words, that we engage in the biblical practice of Lament.
We continue with a series on the importance of community with a study of Nathan and David in 1 Samuel 12.
The fourth installment of our Easter Series, The New You, focusing on what is ours as Jesus Followers because of the resurrection. This week's focus in 1 Peter 3:8-16.
Our Easter series - The New You - continues with a deep dive into 1 Peter 2:1-12 and our new resurrection hope.
Part 3 of our series on The Importance of Community. This episode brings us to Exodus 18 and the story of Jethro and Moses.
The second in our Easter series through 1 Peter entitled The New You. This week's podcast is our Table discussion on 1 Peter 1:13-23.
The first episode of our new Easter 2020 series through 1 Peter entitled, The New You. This episode has us wrestling with 1 Peter 1:3-9 to discover A New Hope.
We continue in Mark’s gospel as we look at the events in the Upper Room, Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus’ arrest and his trial before the Sanhedrin.
We know very little about the events of this day, but one thing is certain - the plot to murder Jesus deepens.
We must learn to see Holy Week not as an obligation, but as an opportunity. An opportunity to join in a journey that millions have made across millennia, and walk with Jesus day-by-day, teaching by teaching, and event by event.
In one sense, there’s nothing unique or special about this week. It’s just another string of days from Sunday to Sunday, marked out for us on the Liturgical calendar as Holy Week. And yet these eight days from the Palm Sunday to Resurrection Sunday are eight days that changed the world.
Cinematic retelling of the classic Palm Sunday text using a narrative, historical, semiotic approach.
Jeremiah 17:5-13 Israel, God’s chosen people, abandoned their worship of God to worship an idol they created. In the centuries that followed, God sent many prophets to confront the nation. Jeremiah was one of those prophets. Listen as we conclude this series by examining the root cause for why people refuse to trust God and the consequences for their distrust.
When God made Solomon king, his one request was for godly wisdom and God granted his request. Early on in his life, Solomon recognized the need to seek God’s wisdom, to live out God’s wisdom, to stay focused on God, and to strive for noble character. However, Solomon’s resolve to keep God’s ways wavered as he grew older. Listen as we discover who or what had a negative influence of him and how that unchecked sin impaired his relationship with God.
Why does Jesus paint such vivid pictures when he talked about sin? Why did he make them so grave, even gory at times? Listen as we tackle one of the most graphic images Jesus paints to illustrate the seriousness of sin.
You would think that people would learn a lesson after the flood narrative. People are living in sin and so God judges them. He sends the flood. He wipes out everything to make a brand new start. You would think that now people would learn their lesson! But do they? Listen as we discover the answer in the story of the tower of Babel.
Once sin entered the world, it quickly spread and escalated exponentially throughout humanity. Listen as we discuss God’s response to sin’s unabated expansion and how His call of Noah demonstrated that He had not given up His purpose in creation.
God spoke the world into perfect existence. But then, Adam and Eve’s deadly decision changed the universe for all of us. Join as we engage with this ancient text to discover the moment humanity first experienced the need for redemption and the gracious way God reached out and made restoration possible.
The Call on Our Lives by Jesus is Clear and Concise: “Follow Me.” Join us as we discover three possible responses to his call found in Luke 9:51-60.