Reflective Bible Study Gospel Adventure: Recent Episodes
Camden Ross | ReflectiveBibleStudy.com
Listen in as ReflectiveBibleStudy.com founder Cam digs into various passages from Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John in order to discover just how amazing Jesus is and why Jesus’ life and ministry are worth paying attention to!
Year in John – Episode 29: In one of the most famous events in the gospel record, Jesus rides into Jerusalem on a young donkey. While this event is very well known, you may be surprised to discover some things that are tucked within the details of this event, and some things that are very applicable to us living today!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 29: Discover why it is important for us to always be growing fruit in our lives and what that has to do with the fate of an unfruitful fig tree Jesus happens to pass when He suddenly became hungry.
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Year in John – Episode 28: A little less than a week before Jesus’ crucifixion, discover how an honorary dinner leads to several key pieces moving in place for Jesus’ crucifixion, and discover why this matters to us living today.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 28: While Jesus is leaving a major city, someone who needs help is determined to get Jesus’ attention. Discover in this miracle a model we can use for our faith in Jesus and how we can see God show up in amazing ways!
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Year in John – Episode 27: In an ironic twist, God uses Jesus’ most high-profile opponent to give one of the most powerful and direct prophecies about the mission Jesus came to accomplish in this world, and just in case we might miss it, John takes two extra verses to draw our attention onto it.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 27: As Jesus begins to head towards Jerusalem where He will face death, Mark includes an interesting description for this trip, and an interesting request two of the disciples ask Jesus. Discover in this passage what Jesus modeled for each of us and how dedicated Jesus was for walking the path God had set before Him.
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Year in John – Episode 26: When everyone present believed Jesus had arrived too late to raise Lazarus from the dead, discover how Jesus takes their doubt and turns it into faith through a powerful resurrection, and through a seemingly unnecessary prayer Jesus gives right before calling Lazarus from the tomb.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 26: In two somewhat unrelated events, see how Jesus challenges two difficult subjects, and how Jesus steps into one of the most politically divisive arguments in our world today.
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Year in John – Episode 25: After Jesus promised a messenger that Lazarus’ sickness wouldn’t end in death, we read that Lazarus actually died two days later. Discover what we can learn about God, about Jesus, and about God’s promises through the opening of this event where it appears as though Jesus’ word failed.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 25: In one of Jesus’ most challenging warnings, discover how this warning includes a promise for all of God’s people and how this promise is something we can claim when sin wants to take control of our lives.
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Year in John – Episode 24: While Jesus was teaching in the temple during one festival, we come to a time when the Jews present directly ask Jesus if He was the Messiah shortly before they concluded they needed to stone Him to death. Discover what happened, and why this event is important for all of Jesus’ followers living today!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 24: While traveling with the disciples, Jesus tries again to tell them what will happen to Him, but the disciples are too busy having an argument with each other to pay attention to Jesus’ words. Discover what the argument was about, and how Jesus later challenges the disciples about what they discussed and debated.
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Year in John – Episode 23: When Jesus decides to share an illustration about being a shepherd, discover in Jesus’ words several powerful truths about Jesus’ character, His love, and His mission to this world of sinners. Discover just how much God loves each of us through what Jesus says in these few verses.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 23: During a special trip up a mountain with Peter, James, and John, Jesus shows them something significant about Himself that He then tells them to keep a secret about. Discover what this amazing event was and what we can learn from Jesus’ trip back down the mountain with these disciples.
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Year in John – Episode 22: When Jesus heals a blind man one Sabbath, discover in the discussion/debate that happens a powerful truth about Jesus and how the religious leaders cannot answer the solid logic of the formerly blind man.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 22: When Jesus asks the disciples a direct question, discover how one disciple is praised for His response, before only a few verses later being called out for being Satan. Discover how Jesus challenged the cultural expectations in the first century and how we are called to live out our faith over 2,000 years later!
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Year in John – Episode 21: While debating with religious leaders about truth, freedom, and life, discover a powerful truth Jesus shares about how to become a disciple, and how being a disciple leads us to having not only freedom from sin, but a future eternal life as well.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 21: In a miracle that only Mark included, discover some things we can learn from a miracle that didn’t work entirely the first time around. Or maybe it did and what Jesus healed first is something a little less visible on the surface.
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Year in John – Episode 20: When some religious leaders challenge Jesus about some of His claims, discover in Jesus’ response a powerful truth about who ultimately will judge, and why this truth is one of the biggest promises in the entire Bible!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 20: In a less famous miracle, discover some big truths in Jesus feeding a smaller crowd of over 4,000 people, and how this miracle challenges us living today.
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Year in John – Episode 19: In a controversial event included in John’s gospel, discover a huge Bible theme that is emphasized in what may have happened, and how we can see God’s love displayed within this event.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 19: When a disabled man is brought to Jesus, discover why Jesus might have taken the man away from the crowd to heal him, and why this is important for us living over 2,000 years later.
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Year in John – Episode 18: When Jesus makes a bold declaration at the end of a one important Jewish feast holiday, discover how Jesus’ words divide the crowd. Discover how some assumptions about Jesus stopped those in the first century from believing in Him, and how assumptions in our own lives can stop us from accepting Jesus in our own lives over 2,000 years later.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 18: When a gentile woman comes asking for Jesus’ help, discover in Jesus’ response a very unChristlike behavior, and what we can learn from both the woman and Jesus in this very unique event.
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Year in John – Episode 17: When Jesus stands up in the temple to teach part way through a Jewish festival, discover how Jesus challenges the crowd to test His teachings and how Jesus tells us whether we can know whether His teachings are from God or not.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 17: When challenged by some religious leaders about His disciples’ lack of an action, discover How Jesus viewed our food in relation to our spiritual cleanliness. Discover what our food can and cannot do, and what Jesus tells us is important when we come to God to worship.
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Year in John – Episode 16: When challenged by His brothers about being known, Jesus pushes back and decides to go to a Jewish festival anonymously instead of publicly with His brothers or His disciples. Discover why this is and why this matters to us living today!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 16: After Jesus walks to the disciples on the water, Mark tells us that the disciples’ minds were closed. Discover some things we can learn from this event and from what happens after Jesus and His disciples arrive at their destination.
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Year in John – Episode 15: When Jesus is challenged by a crowd to show them a sign from heaven like God gave manna in the Old Testament, discover how Jesus pushes this spiritual truth to the extreme, and how He is God’s manna that was sent into the first century world.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 15: When looking at the death of Jesus’ forerunner in ministry, John the Baptist, discover the subtle promise we can look forward to in the resurrection, and discover an unlikely person in this event who believed resurrection was possible.
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Year in John – Episode 14: When the crowd Jesus fed finds Him on the other side of the lake a day or two later, discover how Jesus pushes their assumptions about Him and how Jesus shares truth with them that is beyond what many of them were willing to accept.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 14: When Jesus sends the disciples out in pairs, He gives them instructions about how to face rejection, but the disciples return without even mentioning anything about that. Discover why this might be and some other big truths in this amazing passage!
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Year in John – Episode 13: When we face trials in life, the best thing for us to do is ask Jesus for help. We might be surprised with how much help Jesus can give us, especially when we look at what happens after the disciples spent a night unsuccessfully trying to cross the lake without Jesus.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 13: When Jesus visits His hometown synagogue, discover in just a few simple sounding questions how the people in Nazareth ultimately decide to reject Jesus because they cannot get past knowing His past.
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Year in John – Episode 12: When Jesus sees a huge crowd coming His way, discover where we can see faith leading up to one of Jesus’ most famous miracles, and where we can see doubt. Discover how God is more than capable of using insignificant gifts in order to solve unsolvable problems.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 12: In an unlikely twist, discover how someone whose situation made them completely opposed to God discovers after an encounter with Jesus that he has what it takes to be one of Jesus’ greatest apostles while Jesus was still alive!
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Year in John – Episode 11: When some religious leaders challenge Jesus about a miracle He did on the Sabbath, discover in Jesus’ reply some amazing things about God, about Jesus, and about how we are to have faith in Jesus as God’s Son and our Redeemer.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 11: Discover some amazing truths we can learn when looking at one time Jesus calms the storm, and how this event challenges us regarding who Jesus really is!
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Year in John – Episode 10: When Jesus comes to a pool surrounded by sick people, discover in one man’s healing a powerful truth we can apply into our own lives over 2,000 years later.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 10: Discover some huge truths Jesus shares when we look at a short passage of parables Jesus shares, and see a big truth about how God wants us to understand what Jesus shared through how Mark summarizes this section of his gospel.
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Year in John – Episode 9: When an official comes to Jesus with a request for help, discover how Jesus pushes this man’s faith while also not directly answering His request. Discover how this event teaches us about faith in God more than 2,000 years after it happened!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 9: Of all the parables Jesus shared, one parable stands out as significant because this parable is the only one included in three of the four gospels that also is always included with Jesus’ own explanation for what it means. Jesus emphasized the importance of this parable, and understanding this parable is incredibly important for us too.
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Year in John – Episode 8: When Jesus stops by a well while traveling through Samaria, discover how He happens to find Himself alone with a Samaritan woman, and how their conversation ultimately transforms an entire town that was ripe for harvest!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 8: When Jesus’ mother and brothers come to visit, discover how they step outside of God’s will and also tempt Jesus to do the same. Discover in a few short verses how we can be included in Jesus’ family and what this truly means!
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Year in John – Episode 7: Before John’s gospel fully shifts over onto focusing on Jesus’ public ministry, John briefly touches on something John the Baptist, Jesus’ forerunner in ministry, says about the Messiah who would come after him. Discover how John’s message is powerful and why it might not be very popular, even if it is ultimately true.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 7: When Jesus’ family thought He was crazy, and some religious teachers speak out against Jesus’ source of power, discover how we can be forgiven of almost anything, except for one extraordinary, significant sin.
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Year in John – Episode 6: In a late-night conversation Jesus has with a Pharisee, discover some amazing truths about who Jesus is and what His mission to this earth was to accomplish. Also, discover how we can see God working in the world today, and how to avoid forfeiting our salvation.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 6: When Jesus visits a synagogue and sees someone who is disabled, discover how He handles the situation, and how the question He asks the Pharisees is answered not through words, but instead through their actions.
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Year in John – Episode 5: When Jesus is challenged for clearing the commerce out of the temple, discover how and intentional misunderstanding sets the stage for Jesus’ ultimate mission for His ministry to this world.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 5: In two seemingly unrelated events, discover how Jesus responds to some religious leaders challenging Him over His disciples’ actions.
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Year in John – Episode 4: When Jesus and His disciples were invited to a wedding early on in His ministry, discover in His first official miracle and amazing gift He offers to every believer, disciple, and follower through all of history.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 4: When a crippled man is brought to Jesus, discover some amazing truths about this miracle that we might easily overlook or miss if we aren’t paying attention.
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Year in John – Episode 3: As the first chapter in John’s gospel finishes up, discover how Jesus’ first followers begin to spread the word, before Jesus has done anything special or significant, and how their example is a great model for us to follow when we invite our friends to experience Jesus as well.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 3: While Jesus had every opportunity to let busyness crowd out important things in His life, Jesus was intentional about an action that we would be wise to replicate in our own lives. Discover what this habit was and another piece of Jesus’ mission in this podcast episode.
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Year in John – Episode 2: When John’s gospel turns the focus onto the ministry of John the Baptist, discover several big things we can learn from Jesus’ forerunner in ministry, and the focus of John the Baptist had for his life.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 2: As Mark begins telling us about Jesus’ ministry, discover some details Mark uses to lay the foundation of his focus on Jesus’ life in how those who listened to Him reacted to His style of speaking.
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Year in John – Episode 1: As John opens his gospel, discover how he takes us back to the beginning, and how Jesus is more than simply our Redeemer and friend. Through John’s introduction, discover the invitation we have been given, and how we can reflect God’s glory in our lives like Jesus did in His.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Mark – Episode 1: In the introduction to the gospel of Mark, we discover in 13 short verses some amazing things about John the Baptist and about how his life and ministry leads into Jesus and His ministry.
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Year in Luke – Finale: In the second part of our annual two-part finale, discover some of the biggest insights we discovered during the last half of this past year moving through the gospel of Luke.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Finale: In the second part of our annual two-part finale, discover some of the biggest insights we discovered during the last half of this past year moving through the gospel of Matthew.
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Year in Luke – Finale: In the first part of our annual two-part finale, discover some of the biggest insights we discovered during the first half of this past year moving through the gospel of Luke.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Finale: In the first part of our annual two-part finale, discover some of the biggest insights we discovered during the first half of this past year moving through the gospel of Matthew.
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Year in Luke – Episode 50: While traveling to Emmaus, two of Jesus’ disciples are met by a Man who knows the scriptures and the prophecies about Jesus better than they do, but they don’t recognize who He is. Discover what happened and why this is important for us living today!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 50: When Jesus gives the disciples the Great Commission at the end of Matthew’s gospel, discover something we see recorded in this passage that might surprise you – and discover what it means for you and me!
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Year in Luke – Episode 49: While Luke describes Jesus’ time hanging on the cross, we discover through the words that are spoken a powerful truth and an amazing theme that is foundational for every follower of Jesus in the world living at every point in history!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 49: In Matthew’s gospel, when sharing about Jesus’ resurrection and the lie that the religious leaders bribe the guards to spread, one detail in both stories is not refuted, and this detail is one of the biggest reasons God’s people have hope for our future.
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Year in Luke – Episode 48: When we read Luke’s gospel about Jesus’ trial before Pilate, we discover that Pilate sends Jesus to Herod. While these very different rulers both meet Jesus, discover how each meeting is unique while also containing something that remained the same!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 48: After Jesus had been crucified, discover what Matthew tells us about the Sabbath Jesus rested in the tomb, and how this event sets the stage for Jesus’ resurrection the following morning.
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Year in Luke – Episode 47: When looking at Jesus’ trial before the religious leaders on the morning He is crucified, discover how the religious leaders’ bias causes them to actually condemn an innocent Jesus, or perhaps rightly condemn Someone who claimed much more than they should have.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 47: While reading one of the darkest parts of the gospel story, discover how Judas Iscariot actually succeeded in what he had wanted to accomplish, even if he didn’t understand what he wanted, and even if he wasn’t alive to witness it.
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Year in Luke – Episode 46: On the night Jesus was arrested, He leaves the disciples with a challenge before He goes off to pray. Discover how this challenge is powerful and how we can claim it in our lives today!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 46: After Jesus is arrested, discover how the last-minute trial the religious leaders set up to condemn Jesus almost falls apart, if it weren’t for someone who steps up and into a key role to keep it proceeding smoothly.
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Year in Luke – Episode 45: While Luke describes Jesus eating the Last Supper before His betrayal, arrest, and death, we read about Jesus foreshadowing a future meal we will have with God, and how Jesus was willing to follow God’s plan for His life.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 45: When Judas Iscariot arrives with the mob to arrest Jesus, you may be surprised to discover who steps in to defend the arrest, and what this defense means for you and me living over 2,000 years later!
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Year in Luke – Episode 44: While warning and challenging the disciples about the time of the end, discover an activity Jesus warns His followers to avoid as they stay ready and alert for His return.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 44: During a special meal Jesus was invited to attend, discover how someone comes and gives Jesus an extra-significant gift that both irritates some of the disciples, while also being valued and significant in Jesus’ eyes.
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Year in Luke – Episode 43: When answering a question His disciples ask Him about what the sign of the end will be, discover some powerful things we can learn from Jesus’ response, and how Jesus’ message is just as applicable for us living today as it was for those living in the first century!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 43: In one of Jesus’ more bleak parables, discover how we can best say thank you to God for what He has ultimately done for us.
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Year in Luke – Episode 42: When the Sadducees bring Jesus a question, discover how their question challenges every major view of death, of resurrection, and of what state we are in between these two events.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 42: In response to the disciples asking Jesus a question about the end times, discover in Jesus’ response a warning for all of God’s people about what they should watch out for regarding Jesus’ return.
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Year in Luke – Episode 41: While preaching in the temple, discover how a question from some religious leaders opens the door for Jesus to share a powerful parable challenging the very leaders who were questioning His authority. Discover how this parable is important for us living today!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 41: In a message Jesus shares to the religious leadership of Jerusalem, discover how this truth is relevant and important for every group of believers both before and after those living in the first century. Discover how this challenge is a challenge for even those of us living today!
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Year in Luke – Episode 40: In a parable Jesus shared, discover a not-often-thought-of angle on what Jesus taught, and how the money each servant is given might also represent something that is more than simply money.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 40: When some religious leaders bring the perfect trap question to Jesus, discover how Jesus both masterfully answers the challenge, and how Jesus amplifies our gifts to God as being much more than something money can buy.
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Year in Luke – Episode 39: When Jesus visits Jericho, discover how He has a powerful encounter with a man named Zacchaeus, and how meeting Jesus transforms Zacchaeus’ focus and his life!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 39: In a challenging parable Jesus shares, discover how God gives us two important gifts, and how our salvation depends on us accepting the gift of a choice and a challenge!
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Year in Luke – Episode 38: When Jesus shares a parable about two different people who come to the temple to pray, discover how the big truth Jesus applies is given in a very narrow context, and how Jesus came to solve the problem of sin in the world today!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 38: In a short challenge Jesus gives the religious leaders, discover why God sees obedience as more important than empty promises, and how the religious leaders in the first century fall on the wrong side of Jesus’ challenge.
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Year in Luke – Episode 37: In a challenging parable Jesus shares about a judge who doesn’t care about anyone but himself, discover how a widow’s prayer reflects the prayer of a certain group of people living at a certain time in history, and what that means for us living today!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 37: When Jesus entered Jerusalem, this event fulfilled at least two Old Testament prophecies. But did this also begin the fulfillment of one of Jesus’ earlier prophecies about His coming as a King? Discover how this event might be more significant than we first realize, and how this event foreshadows Jesus’ return!
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Year in Luke – Episode 36: When some Pharisees ask Jesus about the coming of God’s kingdom, discover what we can learn about when God’s kingdom arrives, and about Jesus’ second coming as well!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 36: In the parable of the vineyard workers, discover how God is extraordinarily generous with us and how we ultimately are rewarded with more than we deserve.
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Year in Luke – Episode 35: When Jesus heals ten men who were lepers with a simple instruction, discover what we can learn when only one man returns to say thanks.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 35: In a challenging passage, discover how most people miss a really big theme while being too focused on the details of one or more smaller concepts. Discover how wealth doesn’t contradict God, but how it might reveal a misplaced focus. God is not hostile towards those who are rich, but He does have a challenge for them regarding where they have placed their focus.
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Year in Luke – Episode 34: As Jesus continues teaching, discover some challenging things He says when He turns His attention onto the disciples, and what we can learn about God from what Jesus challenges His disciples to do.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 34: In one of the most challenging passages in the Bible, discover how important it is to be forgiving towards others and how God took the first step by forgiving us through Jesus’ sacrifice.
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Year in Luke – Episode 33: In a very unique parable, discover how even seeing someone raised from the dead is not enough to convince those stuck in their ways the truth about who Jesus is and what God wants for His people!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 33: When asked about who would be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, Jesus responds with an interesting answer — specifically an answer that has some significant challenges for all of God’s people.
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Year in Luke – Episode 32: From the parable of the dishonest manager, discover how God doesn’t praise this man, Instead, discover something that we should do with our money that will likely be more successful when our lives are filled with honesty and integrity, specifically characteristics this manager did not have!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 32: When we are adopted into God’s family, discover through a short miracle, how God wants to help pay what we owe when we become His children, and discover how this truth can transform our lives!
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Year in Luke – Episode 31: While most people might refer to this parable as the Parable of the Prodigal Son, discover how it might be more deserving of a different title — specifically one that emphasizes the character of the father.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 31: In one of the most special events Jesus shares with three of His closest disciples, He tells them to keep this event a secret until a certain point in the future. Discover what this event was and a huge opportunity these three disciples miss because their minds were focused on something else.
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Year in Luke – Episode 30: In two well-known parables, Jesus shares an interesting angle on how far God goes to rescue His people who have wandered away from His family!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 30: In a short passage, discover how Jesus compliments Peter with one of the highest compliments imaginable, before calling him Satan a few verses later. Discover what made Peter worthy of both the complement and the rebuke and why Peter’s thinking might not have been that crazy even if it wasn’t correct.
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Year in Luke – Episode 29: In one of His most challenging messages, discover how Jesus doesn’t want us to hate those closest to us. Instead, discover how we should filter our lives through His life and the mission He brings into history!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 29: When the religious leaders come to Jesus with a trap, discover how Jesus counter-challenges them before warning His disciples about being deceived by their teachings.
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Year in Luke – Episode 28: While a guest in a Pharisee’s home, Jesus heals a man suffering from a disability, Jesus teaches about banquets in God’s kingdom, and Jesus shares a message about where we should place our focus. Discover an amazing promise about living in a way that God cannot help but repay you for when Jesus ultimately returns!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 28: In two very different events, discover how Jesus helps those in need, sometimes after they have persisted in their request, and sometimes before they even let Jesus know their needs. Learn how these two events challenge us to trust in God to give us what we need each day!
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Year in Luke – Episode 27: When someone asks Jesus about how many people will be saved, discover in Jesus’ response an amazing challenge and a powerful promise that likely includes you and me living over 2,000 years later!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 27: Following an innocently sounding question, Jesus challenges the Pharisees about where their hearts are and how they are more willing to disobey God to obey tradition. Discover how we can fall into the same trap, and how we can avoid it.
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Year in Luke – Episode 26: In two very different events, discover a shared theme that has startling implications for our lives and for what God wants to do for us when we repent and turn to Him!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 26: While most people split this passage up into sections, discover a big theme that applies to all four events in our passage, and a secondary theme that is just as powerful!
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Year in Luke – Episode 25: In one of Jesus’ challenging messages that Luke included in his gospel, discover how Jesus comes to divide the earth, and an amazing reward that awaits those who decide to serve God with their lives!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 25: While we usually look at Jesus’ life and one of the events in His ministry, Matthew’s gospel takes a brief detour to tell us about the fate of someone else in the first century, and Matthew details how this significant individual was killed.
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Year in Luke – Episode 24: While teaching about greed and worry, Jesus shares how a simple shift of our focus can both defeat greed in our lives, while also reminding us how worry by itself is useless.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 24: When Jesus returns to Nazareth, discover how those who knew Him for a longer period of time than anyone else decide to reject Him and His message because they simply didn’t know Jesus’ source of knowledge. Discover how we are tempted to do the same.
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Year in Luke – Episode 23: As Jesus taught the crowds, discover a powerful teaching He shares about light, and how Jesus response to a Pharisee who looked down on Him for not following a very specific custom.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 23: In a set of three short parables, Jesus expands our view of God’s Kingdom of heaven, how valuable God’s kingdom is compared to this world, and how valuable we are in God’s eyes that prompt Him to do something incredible for each of us!
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Year in Luke – Episode 22: When the disciples ask Jesus how to pray, discover some big themes we are able to see in a very simple prayer, and also discover the one gift God is more than willing to give to His people when they ask Him for it!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 22: After healing a demon-possessed man, Jesus is challenged by a group of Pharisees over where He gets His power to heal and help people. You may be surprised at the strong language Jesus challenges this group of Pharisees with, and how this message is relevant for our lives today!
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Year in Luke – Episode 21: When Jesus accepts the invitation to stay with Martha and her sister Mary, discover how these two sisters are very different, and how one sister is challenged by Jesus in a very significant way.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 21: In two similar events, Jesus is challenged over what are lawful and not lawful activities for the Sabbath day. You may be surprised with what we learn from Jesus’ response.
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Year in Luke – Episode 20: In one of Jesus’ most famous illustrations, discover how a very legalistic question gets answered in a very unlegalistic way, and how this illustration is just as applicable for us living today as it was for those living in the first century!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 20: In another place where Jesus shares a message with His followers, He decides to speak out against the places where He did the most of His miracles, and following this message of condemnation, Jesus gives everyone present an amazing invitation.
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Year in Luke – Episode 19: Part way through Luke’s gospel, we come to a second place where Jesus commissions His followers. Discover some things we can learn from this second commission, and what this means for our lives today!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 19: Part way through Matthew’s gospel, Jesus again challenges His followers with some very direct, difficult ideas, but He finishes this message with a promise. In this message, discover what it means to truly follow Jesus and to be one of His disciples.
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Year in Luke – Episode 18: After the disciples had successfully healed and cast out demons, they face a situation where they were suddenly unsuccessful. Discover why this may have been and what Jesus wants His followers to learn following trials and triumphs.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 18: In two very different miracles, Jesus subtly teaches us about His character and how God works through the craziness of our lives.
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Year in Luke – Episode 17: When Jesus sends the disciples out to teach, preach, and heal among the villages in the region, discover some powerful truths in what Luke tells us about this event!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 17: While on the way to help a synagogue leader, Jesus gets to shed light on an almost missed miracle while also setting the stage for an even more amazing miracle still to come. Discover how neither of these two miracles would be the same without each other and without Jesus drawing our attention onto God’s truth and love.
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Year in Luke – Episode 16: In an amazing event the gospel writers include, Jesus makes a special trip across the lake to see one man who was trapped by Satan. Discover how God used this event to demonstrate just how powerful He compared with anything and everything Satan could muster. Discover why this truth is significant for our lives today!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 16: Part way through Matthew’s gospel, we discover Matthew sharing about how Jesus met and invited him to be a disciple. Discover what we can learn from this event, and what Jesus teaches us about His mission and His focus while here on earth!
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Year in Luke – Episode 15: In one of Jesus’ most foundational parables, discover one role Jesus does not explain, and why He may have intentionally omitted telling us who this character represents.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 15: In four consecutive, but seemingly unrelated events, discover how one big central them in them all is trust, and specifically trust in God and Jesus. Discover what this tells us about Jesus and how this challenges our faith living over 2,000 years later.
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Year in Luke – Episode 14: In a powerful event, discover how Jesus looks at humanity, at sinners, and at those He chooses to associate with while ministering in this world. Discover from Jesus’ response to a Pharisee just how loving God is, and discover who God sees when He looks at you!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 14: When Jesus arrives back into Capernaum, discover how a seemingly normal request for help turns into an amazing example of faith that Jesus challenges His followers to model. This type of faith should be at the heart of all our prayers to God!
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Year in Luke – Episode 13: When Luke describes a visit to the small town of Nain, we discover Jesus likely went there at that exact moment in order to help someone who was hurting. Discover how this miracle reflects God’s love and what God would ultimately face as Jesus died on the cross!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 13: As Jesus finishes His Sermon on the Mount, discover how His teaching affects the crowds present, and how Jesus’ final message is a challenge for all God’s people throughout the centuries.
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Year in Luke – Episode 12: In a set of truths Jesus’ shares, discover how Jesus challenged not just those living in the first century, but also those of us living over 2,000 years later. Discover just how important it is to not only listen to Jesus, but also to apply His truth into our lives today!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 12: Near the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus shares several warnings before teaching us about how God answers our prayers. Jesus then sums up the Law by describing it in one phrase, which many people might be familiar with, but which the context make this phrase extra powerful!
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Year in Luke – Episode 11: In two side-by-side events in Luke’s gospel, discover how Jesus reframes the Sabbath and subtly shares what He believes about this special day of the week!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 11: Part way through Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, He turns His attention onto the topic of worry, and how worry is not valuable. Discover how what Jesus says is relevant for our lives regardless of what point in history we live.
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Year in Luke – Episode 10: When four men carry their crippled friend to Jesus, discover how Jesus turns this potential miracle into a challenging and eye-opening teaching moment. Discover how this event and miracle are amazingly relevant for our lives today!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 10: After Jesus shares a model prayer for us, He talks about forgiveness, and why it is important for us to grow treasure in heaven. Discover what Jesus means when He says this and how we can apply Jesus’ message in our lives today!
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Year in Luke – Episode 9: While preaching by the lake one day, Jesus uses a boat to help keep Himself dry. However, this decision leads to a miracle and an invitation. Discover how some of Jesus’ most famous disciples are invited following an amazing miracle that prompts them to pay attention to Jesus.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 9: In the next portion of Matthew that we are focusing in on, discover what Jesus teaches us about the importance of living for God, and focusing on our personal, private connection with God over our public connection.
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Year in Luke – Episode 8: On one Sabbath, a demon speaks up with a powerful statement while Jesus was speaking in a synagogue. Discover why Jesus would decide to silence this demon and what this event can teach us about Jesus and about who we should listen to in our own lives.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 8: Part way through the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus elevates the standard of the law to be much broader than what we might realize, but this is only after He has offered us a solution to this impossible dilemma.
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Year in Luke – Episode 7: Early in His ministry, Jesus returns home to Nazareth. However, what started of looking like a celebration ends up with one of the biggest examples of rejection we have in history. Discover what happened and how we can avoid following the same path those in Nazareth walked when they rejected Jesus.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 7: In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus shares three separate ideas that progressively get more challenging for His followers, and in these three messages, we are challenged with how we live our lives and where we have placed our focus.
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Year in Luke – Episode 6: Discover some amazing things we can learn from how Luke describes John the Baptist’s message to the crowds before Jesus steps into the public eye.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 6: As Jesus opens His most famous sermon, discover in a list of blessings some major characteristics of His people, and the people who will inherit the Kingdom of Heaven!
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Year in Luke – Episode 5: While Luke transitions out of Jesus’ childhood, he includes one last event that has some powerful themes we discover about finding and staying with Jesus when Mary and Joseph lose Him in Jerusalem.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 5: When Jesus returns from being tempted, Matthew includes an interesting transition, prophecy, and message about where Jesus started His ministry, how Jesus began His ministry, and why Jesus started that way.
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Year in Luke – Episode 4: Luke’s gospel describes a message Mary received when taking Jesus to be dedicated. Discover in this message a prophecy and a warning that predicts the direction Jesus’ life will head!
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 4: At the start of His ministry, Jesus is led into the desert to face three powerful temptations Satan has prepared for this moment. Discover how Jesus pushes back and how these temptations are common temptations in our world and our lives today.
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Year in Luke – Episode 3: In the most famous Christmas passage in the Bible, discover some interesting details about Jesus’ birth, and why tradition has placed Jesus being born in a stable when the Bible doesn’t clearly say this.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 3: Early on in Matthew’s gospel, we learn of Jesus going to John the Baptist to be baptized. Discover what happened and why this event was significant in Jesus’ life and why it is significant for our lives today.
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Year in Luke – Episode 2: Luke begins Jesus’ story sharing not about Jesus’ birth, but about the events leading up to the birth of Jesus’ forerunner in ministry, John the Baptist, and the amazing promise of John’s birth to an unlikely, old, childless couple.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 2: As Matthew continues describing Jesus’ birth, we learn of a second dream that changes the lives of Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus, and we discover a little bit more of the character of Jesus’ earthly dad.
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Year in Luke – Episode 1: When looking at how Luke’s gospel opens, discover why we should pay attention to Luke, and why it is beneficial for us to have multiple records of Jesus’ life and ministry.
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Flashback Episode: Year in Matthew – Episode 1: Near the beginning of Matthew’s gospel, we discover several powerful insights into the character of Joseph, who was Jesus’ earthly father, and a dream that changed his life forever.
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Year in Mark – Finale: In the second part of our annual two-part finale, discover some of the biggest insights we discovered during the last half of this past year moving through the gospel of Mark.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Finale: In the second part of our annual two-part finale, discover some of the biggest insights we discovered during the last half of this past year moving through the gospels and focusing in on the miracles Jesus performed.
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Year in Mark – Finale: In the first part of our annual two-part finale, discover some of the biggest insights we discovered during the first half of this past year moving through the gospel of Mark.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Finale: In the first part of our annual two-part finale, discover some of the biggest insights we discovered during the first half of this past year moving through the gospels and focusing in on the miracles Jesus performed.
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Year in Mark – Episode 50: In the last part of the extended conclusion to Mark’s gospel, discover what happened when the disciples let the Holy Spirit enter and transform their lives, and why it might not be a good idea to let miracles be a test for determining spiritual truth.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 50: In Peter’s last recorded conversation with Jesus, discover some amazing things we can learn about who Jesus called His followers to be, and some ways we can apply Jesus’ challenge to Peter into our own lives over 2000 years later.
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Year in Mark – Episode 49: In the first part of the extended conclusion to Mark’s gospel, discover a big theme present in several of the summaries of Jesus appearing to people following His resurrection, and how this theme is relevant for our lives today.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 49: After the crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus appears to a group of disciples with a miracle that resembles a miracle leading up to their first invitation to be disciples. Is Jesus giving these disciples a second chance, and if so, do we have a second chance when we have failed or given up hope?
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Year in Mark – Episode 48: When reading how Mark describes the women’s visit to Jesus’ tomb, we see them meet an angel, and we see these women receive a commission to tell the good news about what happened to Jesus.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 48: While most people might not think of the resurrection as one of Jesus’ miracles, discover how this might have actually been Jesus’ greatest miracle, and the most significant miracle in all of history.
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Year in Mark – Episode 47: After Jesus had died, someone steps into history in the perfect way, and the perfect time, with the perfect position and gift to make this weekend give glory to God in amazing ways. Discover what we can learn and why we should thank Joseph of Arimathea for what he did that Friday evening.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 47: When Jesus died on the cross, Matthew describes a miraculous event that many people might not think of when they think of the typical miracles of Jesus. However, in this event, we see an amazing picture of Jesus, of God, and of what God, through Jesus, offers to us when we come to Him.
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Year in Mark – Episode 46: During the last hours Jesus hung on the cross, Mark describes a darkness covering the land. Discover some things we can learn from this event and how even when things seem dark and hopeless, that God will never leave us or abandon us.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 46: When a mob comes to arrest Jesus, a fight almost breaks out. Only one person is injured, and Jesus chooses to heal this man even though he came wishing to do Jesus harm. Discover what we can learn about God from this event and from how Jesus responded when facing arrest.
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Year in Mark – Episode 45: While Jesus was hanging on the cross, Mark describes two primary insults that He received from people who were present. However, what if those insults weren’t actually insults. What if God had planned for them to be two significant encouraging messages for His Son at the point when Jesus needed encouragement the most!
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 45: When Jesus gives the disciples a miraculous object lesson surrounding the power of faith, discover what Jesus tells them must not be present for miracles to occur. While you might know the answer, the truth may also surprise you.
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Year in Mark – Episode 44: As Mark describes the first part of Jesus’ crucifixion, discover some amazing things we can learn about Jesus’ death and about some of the symbolism surrounding the place Jesus hung on the cross.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 44: As Jesus was leaving Jericho, we see a miracle very similar to one that occurred before Jesus arrived in the city, but one where we get to see a glimpse of Jesus’ heart and His love for those who needed healing.
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Year in Mark – Episode 43: When we look a little closer at how Mark describes the soldiers mocking and beating Jesus prior to Jesus’ crucifixion, discover how the soldiers’ actions may be not too different from something Satan would like us to do when we come and worship God!
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 43: As Jesus approached Jericho, discover a miracle that only happened because the one needing help was vocal enough to make his faith visible. Discover also how the crowd almost missed out on a miracle and an opportunity to praise God.
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Year in Mark – Episode 42: When being brought before Pilate, Jesus again remains silent to all the accusations of the religious leaders. Discover why Jesus may have chosen to remain silent and a huge spiritual truth we can discover in how this trial concludes.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 42: In this second episode focusing on the resurrection of Lazarus, discover the huge promise in what Jesus tells Martha leading up to the resurrection. You might be surprised to discover what Jesus has the power to do.
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Year in Mark – Episode 41: As Jesus is facing trial, Peter is warming his hands nearby at a fire, and while Jesus is getting ready to face death on the cross, Peter denies Jesus, failing his promise, which leads to another, subtle death that we may end up facing in our own lives over 2,000 years later.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 41: In the longest single miracle event recorded in the gospels, discover some big truths John included in His gospel leading up to what was likely the most famous miracle Jesus ever did leading up to the cross.
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Year in Mark – Episode 40: In one of the few details only Mark includes in his gospel, discover an amazing truth about what happened during Jesus’ arrest and proof that God was present during this event even if it may not have felt like it at the time.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 40: When Jesus sent ten lepers on a mission, only one returned to give thanks. Discover some things we can learn from this amazing miracle, and what the one man risked when he returned to thank Jesus.
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Year in Mark – Episode 39: When describing the Last Supper and what Jesus tells the disciples as they make their way to the Mount of Olives, discover in Jesus’ prediction and warning a promise that we can claim and apply in our own lives today!
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 39: When Jesus accepts the invitation to a Pharisee’s home one Sabbath, we can discover something from this event that might surprise you, though hopefully something that doesn’t leave you speechless.
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Year in Mark – Episode 38: Before beginning to describe the events of the night Jesus was betrayed and arrested, Mark pulls two separate events together that sets the stage for Jesus’ betrayal and the creation of a betrayer. In this event, discover how God’s plans and timing will always happen regardless of our planning or timing.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 38: In a Sabbath miracle, Jesus heals a woman who praises God, much to the dislike of the synagogue leader. Discover what we can learn about how the religious leaders viewed Jesus, and what this has to do with praising God, helping others, and working on the Sabbath.
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Year in Mark – Episode 37: While answering His disciples question about when the end will be, Jesus includes a description that makes His return hard to fake.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 37: When Jesus is challenged about where His power to cast demons out came from, discover how logic plays into the idea of our faith, and discover how God is both logical and illogical in how He deals with humanity and sin.
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Year in Mark – Episode 36: When some of Jesus’ disciples ask Jesus about the time of the end, discover some big truths and challenges we can expect to face when we decide to stay with Jesus and endure to the end!
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 36: When Peter speaks out of turn, we discover that Jesus has a solution, one that can only be described as miraculous, and God directed. Discover how the gospel message is contained in this short, four-verse sequence predicting the miracle Peter would discover as Jesus sends Him on a mission to redeem his reputation.
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Year in Mark – Episode 35: In a short response Jesus gives to one of His disciples, discover how Jesus wants us to relate to buildings and human accomplishments, and culture’s temptation that human accomplishment matters above everything else.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 35: When the disciples fail to help a man whose boy is possessed by an evil spirit, discover an amazing truth we can apply into our own lives when wanting to increase the faith we have in our own lives.
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Year in Mark – Episode 34: While Jesus was watching the money box, He sees an example of an amazing gift. Discover how the poor widow’s gift is extra significant in God’s eyes, and for reasons more than simply this gift’s percentage.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 34: When Jesus and the disciples meet a man born blind, discover how through this miracle, we learn of a third, better way of viewing the bad in the world, and what God has called His people to do about it!
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Year in Mark – Episode 33: In what appears like an easy question Jesus received, discover in Jesus’ response a missing piece needed for entrance into God’s kingdom, and a piece that we all can discover in our own lives as we realize we have failed God.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 33: In a miracle that is only found in the gospel of Mark, we discover an amazing example that relates to the direct power of faith in a miracle Jesus has to do twice to get 100% right.
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Year in Mark – Episode 32: When Jesus shared a parable about a vineyard owner who rents his land to some evil tenants, discover how this parable is just as relevant to us living today as it was to those in the first century. Also, discover the best response we can have when messengers come claiming to be from God in our world today!
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 32: When Jesus feeds a crowd of 4,000+ people, we discover a great compliment to the earlier miracle where 5,000+ people were fed, and we discover some amazing themes regarding how God chooses to answer our prayers.
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Year in Mark – Episode 31: When some religious leaders challenge Jesus over where He gets His authority, discover in how Jesus responds a powerful truth about life and about where the hearts of these religious leaders were placed.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 31: In the last miracle the gospels record that took place in the Decapolis region, we discover something significant through what Jesus asks the crowd to not do. Discover if this is something relevant for our lives today or if it was only something for that certain place and time.
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Year in Mark – Episode 30: When Jesus visits the temple and discovers it contains about the exact opposite of what God intended, discover what we can learn about what Jesus’ ideal for worship is and how we can model this in our own lives and churches today!
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 30: In one of the most insensitive events in the entire Bible, discover how Jesus teaches everyone present about persistence and how God tests the strength of our faith.
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Year in Mark – Episode 29: Discover why it is important for us to always be growing fruit in our lives and what that has to do with the fate of an unfruitful fig tree Jesus happens to pass when He suddenly became hungry.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 29: In a transition two of the gospels include, we discover a series of miracles Jesus does that remind us of a miracle that happened earlier in Jesus’ ministry, and in a place that had a much different miracle take place as well. Discover how three verses can transform your view of the importance of faith in your life living 2,000+ years later!
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Year in Mark – Episode 28: While Jesus is leaving a major city, someone who needs help is determined to get Jesus’ attention. Discover in this miracle a model we can use for our faith in Jesus and how we can see God show up in amazing ways!
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 28: When Jesus comes to the disciples after a long night of trying to cross a windy lake, we discover through this event and miracle that faith, when placed in Jesus, is unstoppable. In contrast, fear erodes our faith, and faith that is weaker than our fear ends up being worthless.
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Year in Mark – Episode 27: As Jesus begins to head towards Jerusalem where He will face death, Mark includes an interesting description for this trip, and an interesting request two of the disciples ask Jesus. Discover in this passage what Jesus modeled for each of us and how dedicated Jesus was for walking the path God had set before Him.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 27: When a boy gives his lunch to Jesus, we discover one of the most significant miracles in all the gospels. We know this because this is the only official miracle included in all four gospels. Discover several things we can learn from this event that we can apply into our own lives today!
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Year in Mark – Episode 26: In two somewhat unrelated events, see how Jesus challenges two difficult subjects, and how Jesus steps into one of the most politically divisive arguments in our world today.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 26: While most people familiar with the gospels know about the miracle our passage focuses in on, most people are not aware that Jesus had something else in mind for that time on the other side of the lake. Discover what Jesus wanted to do, and then what He ultimately does do in our passage for this episode.
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Year in Mark – Episode 25: In one of Jesus’ most challenging warnings, discover how this warning includes a promise for all of God’s people and how this promise is something we can claim when sin wants to take control of our lives.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 25: When Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath and tells him to carry his mat home, is Jesus advocating breaking God’s law, or is there something more important that we can learn from what happened? Discover how Jesus validated God’s laws while the religious leaders had fallen far from God’s ideals.
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Year in Mark – Episode 24: While traveling with the disciples, Jesus tries again to tell them what will happen to Him, but the disciples are too busy having an argument with each other to pay attention to Jesus’ words. Discover what the argument was about, and how Jesus later challenges the disciples about what they discussed and debated.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 24: When Jesus heals one man in a place full of sick people, discover what this event teaches us about God, and why we might experience unanswered prayers.
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Year in Mark – Episode 23: During a special trip up a mountain with Peter, James, and John, Jesus shows them something significant about Himself that He then tells them to keep a secret about. Discover what this amazing event was and what we can learn from Jesus’ trip back down the mountain with these disciples.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 23: When Jesus casts out a mute demon while some Pharisees are present, we discover a new angle on the previous demonic claims about Jesus when comparing it to what the Pharisees say about Jesus. This ultimately leads us into talking about the threat of tradition.
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Year in Mark – Episode 22: When Jesus asks the disciples a direct question, discover how one disciple is praised for His response, before only a few verses later being called out for being Satan. Discover how Jesus challenged the cultural expectations in the first century and how we are called to live out our faith over 2,000 years later!
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 22: When two blind men follow Jesus asking for His help, we discover an amazing truth about faith within this miraculous healing, and a truth we can apply in our own lives related to our faith in God.
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Year in Mark – Episode 21: In a miracle that only Mark included, discover some things we can learn from a miracle that didn’t work entirely the first time around. Or maybe it did and what Jesus healed first is something a little less visible on the surface.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 21: While being distracted by another miracle, the girl Jesus was on His way to heal dies. Discover what happened and how Jesus uses this tragedy to teach us some amazing things about God.
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Year in Mark – Episode 20: In a less famous miracle, discover some big truths in Jesus feeding a smaller crowd of over 4,000 people, and how this miracle challenges us living today.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 20: While going to help someone, Jesus is interrupted by the sense that power had gone out from Him. If you do not know what happened, or even if you do, discover how this almost unknown event shapes how God wants His people to live their lives of faith in Him.
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Year in Mark – Episode 19: When a disabled man is brought to Jesus, discover why Jesus might have taken the man away from the crowd to heal him, and why this is important for us living over 2,000 years later.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 19: After healing a man who was possessed by a legion of demons, Jesus does not let him join the group of disciples. Instead, Jesus has a different task for this man. Discover how this man pushes past his disappointment and into the plan God had for his restored life.
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Year in Mark – Episode 18: When a gentile woman comes asking for Jesus’ help, discover in Jesus’ response a very unChristlike behavior, and what we can learn from both the woman and Jesus in this very unique event.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 18: When Jesus meets a demon-possessed man living outside of society, we discover an amazing idea tucked within a lie that the demon tries to pass off as truth. This lie has even made it all the way into our culture 2,000+ years later.
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Year in Mark – Episode 17: When challenged by some religious leaders about His disciples’ lack of an action, discover How Jesus viewed our food in relation to our spiritual cleanliness. Discover what our food can and cannot do, and what Jesus tells us is important when we come to God to worship.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 17: While Jesus and the disciples are crossing the lake, a storm picks up. Not only to the disciples get to witness an amazing miracle, Jesus also challenges them on their lack of faith. Discover what might have been a better response from the disciples, and how they could have displayed greater faith in this situation.
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Year in Mark – Episode 16: After Jesus walks to the disciples on the water, Mark tells us that the disciples’ minds were closed. Discover some things we can learn from this event and from what happens after Jesus and His disciples arrive at their destination.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 16: When Jesus meets a funeral processional outside of a small town, we discover this situation is prime for a miracle that goes beyond anything Jesus has done up to that point, and we discover a miracle that focuses our hearts and our thanks on God.
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Year in Mark – Episode 15: When looking at the death of Jesus’ forerunner in ministry, John the Baptist, discover the subtle promise we can look forward to in the resurrection, and discover an unlikely person in this event who believed resurrection was possible.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 15: In a somewhat generic passage included in the gospel of Mark, we are reminded of some amazing truths about Jesus that are often overlooked or forgotten.
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Year in Mark – Episode 14: When Jesus sends the disciples out in pairs, He gives them instructions about how to face rejection, but the disciples return without even mentioning anything about that. Discover why this might be and some other big truths in this amazing passage!
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 14: When Jesus enters a synagogue one Sabbath, He is greeted with a dilemma: To heal or not to heal. The religious leaders present want Jesus to answer their question and Jesus decides this is a good opportunity to both validate an underappreciated gift, while also validating our worth in God’s eyes.
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Year in Mark – Episode 13: When Jesus visits His hometown synagogue, discover in just a few simple sounding questions how the people in Nazareth ultimately decide to reject Jesus because they cannot get past knowing His past.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 13: When four men bring their friend to Jesus for healing, Jesus attributes this miracle not just to the faith of these men, but to His own ability to forgive sins. Discover what we can learn about Jesus and our own responsibility as Christians regarding forgiveness and forgiving sins.
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Year in Mark – Episode 12: In an unlikely twist, discover how someone whose situation made them completely opposed to God discovers after an encounter with Jesus that he has what it takes to be one of Jesus’ greatest apostles while Jesus was still alive!
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 12: When Jesus offers to physically heal the servant of a Roman officer, we discover an amazing level of faith that Jesus commends, and a faith that is worth us modeling in our own lives.
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Year in Mark – Episode 11: Discover some amazing truths we can learn when looking at one time Jesus calms the storm, and how this event challenges us regarding who Jesus really is!
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 11: When a man asks Jesus if He wants to heal him, we discover something incredible about God and His desire to not only heal us, but to forgive us as well!
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Year in Mark – Episode 10: Discover some huge truths Jesus shares when we look at a short passage of parables Jesus shares, and see a big truth about how God wants us to understand what Jesus shared through how Mark summarizes this section of his gospel.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 10: When Jesus calls Simon and the other early disciples to follow Him, we discover that Luke includes an amazing miracle of a boatload of fish that were caught during the worst possible time of the day to fish. Discover what we can learn about these early disciples from their willingness to obey Jesus with the small tasks leading up to this great miracle.
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Year in Mark – Episode 9: Of all the parables Jesus shared, one parable stands out as significant because this parable is the only one included in three of the four gospels that also is always included with Jesus’ own explanation for what it means. Jesus emphasized the importance of this parable, and understanding this parable is incredibly important for us too.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 9: Most people don’t think that when the early disciples were called to follow that a miracle was involved. As it turns out, this might be one of the greatest miracles in the entire gospel record!
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Year in Mark – Episode 8: When Jesus’ mother and brothers come to visit, discover how they step outside of God’s will and also tempt Jesus to do the same. Discover in a few short verses how we can be included in Jesus’ family and what this truly means!
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 8: After word spreads that Jesus can heal people and cast out demons, Jesus faces a crowd of people asking for His help. Discover how Jesus responds, and how His response is an example for how we should respond when people ask us for help.
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Year in Mark – Episode 7: When Jesus’ family thought He was crazy, and some religious teachers speak out against Jesus’ source of power, discover how we can be forgiven of almost anything, except for one extraordinary, significant sin.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 7: When Jesus is invited home after worshiping in the synagogue, He learns that someone close to Simon Peter needs help. But it is still the Sabbath, which is the day set apart for resting. What will Jesus do?
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Year in Mark – Episode 6: When Jesus visits a synagogue and sees someone who is disabled, discover how He handles the situation, and how the question He asks the Pharisees is answered not through words, but instead through their actions.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 6: When a demon-possessed man shows up while Jesus is preaching to declare that Jesus is the Holy One that God sent, would that be reliable information for us to pay attention to? Discover why Jesus commands the demon to stay silent before commanding it to leave the man it had possessed.
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Year in Mark – Episode 5: In two seemingly unrelated events, discover how Jesus responds to some religious leaders challenging Him over His disciples’ actions.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 5: When an officer asks Jesus for help, we discover Jesus responds in a way that helps the official while also refusing his direct request. Learn how this event and miracle should shape how we pray and how we trust God to answer our prayers.
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Year in Mark – Episode 4: When a crippled man is brought to Jesus, discover some amazing truths about this miracle that we might easily overlook or miss if we aren’t paying attention.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 4: Moving further in the gospel of John, we come to the miracle where Jesus heals an official’s son. Discover something we can learn from this event about how we should have faith in Jesus, and something we should not depend on when believing in Him.
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Year in Mark – Episode 3: While Jesus had every opportunity to let busyness crowd out important things in His life, Jesus was intentional about an action that we would be wise to replicate in our own lives. Discover what this habit was and another piece of Jesus’ mission in this podcast episode.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 3: When Jesus turns water into wine as His first miracle, discover how this event foreshadows what we can look forward to when this life is over.
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Year in Mark – Episode 2: As Mark begins telling us about Jesus’ ministry, discover some details Mark uses to lay the foundation of his focus on Jesus’ life in how those who listened to Him reacted to His style of speaking.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 2: In His first miracle, we discover that Mary, Jesus’ mother, prompts Him to do it. Discover the faith that is displayed in this initial miracle, and the effect that this miracle has on the early disciples.
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Year in Mark – Episode 1: In the introduction to the gospel of Mark, we discover in 13 short verses some amazing things about John the Baptist and about how his life and ministry leads into Jesus and His ministry.
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Flashback Episode: Year of Miracles – Episode 1: Starting out in His ministry, Jesus challenges those in the Nazareth synagogue and they decide He should be put to death. However, on their way out of town to throw Jesus off a cliff, something unexpected happened. Discover how God stepped in to save Jesus and what we can learn from this event.
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Year in Matthew – Finale: In the second part of our annual two-part finale, discover some of the biggest insights we discovered during the last half of this past year moving through the gospel of Matthew.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Finale: In the second part of our annual two-part finale, discover some of the biggest insights we discovered during the last half of this past year moving through the week leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion.
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Year in Matthew – Finale: In the first part of our annual two-part finale, discover some of the biggest insights we discovered during the first half of this past year moving through the gospel of Matthew.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Finale: In the first part of our annual two-part finale, discover some of the biggest insights we discovered during the first half of this past year moving through the week leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 50: When Jesus gives the disciples the Great Commission at the end of Matthew’s gospel, discover something we see recorded in this passage that might surprise you – and discover what it means for you and me!
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 50: When Jesus rose from the dead and stepped out of the grave, Satan’s fate had been sealed. As we conclude the year looking at the week leading up to the cross, discover how Jesus’ resurrection foreshadows our resurrection when He returns.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 49: In Matthew’s gospel, when sharing about Jesus’ resurrection and the lie that the religious leaders bribe the guards to spread, one detail in both stories is not refuted, and this detail is one of the biggest reasons God’s people have hope for our future.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 49: With how John finishes describing the Friday Jesus is crucified, we can discover not only two secret disciples saving Easter, but we also discover how Jesus validates one underappreciated and often forgotten gift God gave us.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 48: After Jesus had been crucified, discover what Matthew tells us about the Sabbath Jesus rested in the tomb, and how this event sets the stage for Jesus’ resurrection the following morning.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 48: At the end of Jesus’ life, the gospel of John records how this death fulfills several prophecies in ways that could only be described as God-directed. Learn how Jesus amazingly fulfilled many Old Testament prophecies in ways that He could not directly control.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 47: While reading one of the darkest parts of the gospel story, discover how Judas Iscariot actually succeeded in what he had wanted to accomplish, even if he didn’t understand what he wanted, and even if he wasn’t alive to witness it.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 47: At the moment Jesus died, Matthew records two amazing events occurred. Discover what these two events were, and what they mean for us living 2,000+ years later.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 46: After Jesus is arrested, discover how the last-minute trial the religious leaders set up to condemn Jesus almost falls apart, if it weren’t for someone who steps up and into a key role to keep it proceeding smoothly.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 46: John’s gospel describes the religious leaders’ final request of Pilate, one of the last prophecies about Jesus’ ministry being fulfilled by a bunch of pagans, and Jesus’ last request to John regarding His mother. Discover how all these things summarize what God wants to help each of us with in our lives 2,000+ years later.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 45: When Judas Iscariot arrives with the mob to arrest Jesus, you may be surprised to discover who steps in to defend the arrest, and what this defense means for you and me living over 2,000 years later!
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 45: When Luke tells us about a criminal asking Jesus for a favor, we discover some amazing truth about someone who was nailed to a cross next to Jesus. You might be surprised with what this criminal says, with what he asks, and with how Jesus responds!
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Year in Matthew – Episode 44: During a special meal Jesus was invited to attend, discover how someone comes and gives Jesus an extra-significant gift that both irritates some of the disciples, while also being valued and significant in Jesus’ eyes.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 44: While His ministry was filled with challenges and temptations, leading up to the cross, one of the biggest temptations Jesus faced was abandoning the mission of the cross. However, after being nailed onto the cross, Jesus faces a slightly different temptation, and one that determines our ultimate destiny.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 43: In one of Jesus’ more bleak parables, discover how we can best say thank you to God for what He has ultimately done for us.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 43: When the gospel of John tells us that Jesus carried His own cross, but the other three gospels tell us that Jesus had help, what can we learn from this apparent contradiction? Is John trying to teach us something more about this event than we would learn otherwise?
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Year in Matthew – Episode 42: In response to the disciples asking Jesus a question about the end times, discover in Jesus’ response a warning for all of God’s people about what they should watch out for regarding Jesus’ return.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 42: During the last stop Jesus makes before heading down the road to Calvary, we discover an amazing, subtle theme within one of the cruelest passages in the entire Bible.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 41: In a message Jesus shares to the religious leadership of Jerusalem, discover how this truth is relevant and important for every group of believers both before and after those living in the first century. Discover how this challenge is a challenge for even those of us living today!
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 41: When the religious leaders demand that Barabbas be released, we discover that Jesus loved humanity enough to step into the punishment of a rebellious murderer. Jesus was willing to take the worst possible punishment of the worst reputable person in society on Himself, because God loves each of us that much.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 40: When some religious leaders bring the perfect trap question to Jesus, discover how Jesus both masterfully answers the challenge, and how Jesus amplifies our gifts to God as being much more than something money can buy.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 40: During His conversation with Pilate, we discover some amazing things about who Jesus is, what He came to accomplish, and where His kingdom is located. We also discover, through the response he gives Jesus that Pilate has a lot in common with our culture today.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 39: In a challenging parable Jesus shares, discover how God gives us two important gifts, and how our salvation depends on us accepting the gift of a choice and a challenge!
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 39: When Pilate and Herod meet Jesus, they end up becoming friends when they had been enemies. Discover how this friendship might have happened, and the important decision we all must make before our lives end.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 38: In a short challenge Jesus gives the religious leaders, discover why God sees obedience as more important than empty promises, and how the religious leaders in the first century fall on the wrong side of Jesus’ challenge.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 38: When Judas Iscariot tries to return the money he was paid to betray Jesus, the religious leaders have an interesting response. Discover what happened and what we can learn from one of the darkest passages in the entire Bible.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 37: When Jesus entered Jerusalem, this event fulfilled at least two Old Testament prophecies. But did this also begin the fulfillment of one of Jesus’ earlier prophecies about His coming as a King? Discover how this event might be more significant than we first realize, and how this event foreshadows Jesus’ return!
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 37: In the gospel of Luke, we read about a different trial Jesus faced that morning, and with the question the religious leaders ask Jesus during this trial, we see an amazing picture of who Jesus claimed to be, and what He is doing in Heaven right now!
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Year in Matthew – Episode 36: In the parable of the vineyard workers, discover how God is extraordinarily generous with us and how we ultimately are rewarded with more than we deserve.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 36: Peter faced regret when realizing he had denied Jesus exactly how Jesus had predicted. Learn how we can avoid making the same mistake and also that if we stumble and fall, God is willing to accept us back.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 35: In a challenging passage, discover how most people miss a really big theme while being too focused on the details of one or more smaller concepts. Discover how wealth doesn’t contradict God, but how it might reveal a misplaced focus. God is not hostile towards those who are rich, but He does have a challenge for them regarding where they have placed their focus.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 35: During the trial Jesus faced, the religious leaders condemned Him for speaking blasphemy. Discover what blasphemy is and is not, and whether the religious leaders were correct in their verdict.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 34: In one of the most challenging passages in the Bible, discover how important it is to be forgiving towards others and how God took the first step by forgiving us through Jesus’ sacrifice.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 34: When the crowd comes to arrest Jesus, Jesus makes an interesting statement that shows us He is looking at history from a different perspective than we do. While moving towards the pain and suffering of the cross, Jesus has something different on His mind, and this thing helps Him face the next 24 hours in a powerful way!
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Year in Matthew – Episode 33: When asked about who would be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven, Jesus responds with an interesting answer — specifically an answer that has some significant challenges for all of God’s people.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 33: While in Gethsemane on the night He was betrayed and arrested, Jesus prays a passionate prayer to God about the cup of suffering He is facing. In this prayer, we can discover how to pray like Jesus prayed, even when it appears like our requests are not being answered.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 32: When we are adopted into God’s family, discover through a short miracle, how God wants to help pay what we owe when we become His children, and discover how this truth can transform our lives!
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 32: The gospel of John records a prayer Jesus prayed that focused on Him receiving glory and on God giving protection and direction to His followers throughout history. Discover how this prayer was relevant for the disciples and for us living 2,000 years later!
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Year in Matthew – Episode 31: In one of the most special events Jesus shares with three of His closest disciples, He tells them to keep this event a secret until a certain point in the future. Discover what this event was and a huge opportunity these three disciples miss because their minds were focused on something else.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 31: In the last part of His message to the disciples on the night He was betrayed, Jesus talks about receiving His peace because He overcame the world. Discover why this is important to us living 2,000 years later.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 30: In a short passage, discover how Jesus compliments Peter with one of the highest compliments imaginable, before calling him Satan a few verses later. Discover what made Peter worthy of both the complement and the rebuke and why Peter’s thinking might not have been that crazy even if it wasn’t correct.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 30: In this passage, Jesus tells the disciples several roles of the Holy Spirit and what they could expect from His coming. Learn what the Holy Spirit came to accomplish, and what He is willing to accomplish in our lives when we let Him in!
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Year in Matthew – Episode 29: When the religious leaders come to Jesus with a trap, discover how Jesus counter-challenges them before warning His disciples about being deceived by their teachings.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 29: Jesus warns His followers that the world will hate them because the world hated Him. Should we respond to hate with hate, or should we follow Jesus’ command to love even when others hate? Discover this and more as Cam continues unpacking this last big teaching leading up to Jesus’ betrayal and arrest.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 28: In two very different events, discover how Jesus helps those in need, sometimes after they have persisted in their request, and sometimes before they even let Jesus know their needs. Learn how these two events challenge us to trust in God to give us what we need each day!
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 28: During the last conversation Jesus shares with the disciples on the night of His arrest, He describes how we should love each other, and how we are like branches that are connected to Him. Discover the secret to being fruitful and why God has called us to love one another.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 27: Following an innocently sounding question, Jesus challenges the Pharisees about where their hearts are and how they are more willing to disobey God to obey tradition. Discover how we can fall into the same trap, and how we can avoid it.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 27: Does obedience lead to peace or worry? Discover in one of the last messages Jesus gives to His disciples how they are called to live obediently, and how this call is different from the legalism of the religious leaders living in that century.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 26: While most people split this passage up into sections, discover a big theme that applies to all four events in our passage, and a secondary theme that is just as powerful!
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 26: When Jesus gives the disciples a blank check for their prayers, is there anything we can learn that could unlock our own prayer life if/when it is struggling. Discover some secrets that are hidden within this passage that can unlock a powerful prayer experience in your own life!
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Year in Matthew – Episode 25: While we usually look at Jesus’ life and one of the events in His ministry, Matthew’s gospel takes a brief detour to tell us about the fate of someone else in the first century, and Matthew details how this significant individual was killed.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 25: Discover a new command Jesus gave, and how it is likely the most difficult command to apply in our Christian lives.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 24: When Jesus returns to Nazareth, discover how those who knew Him for a longer period of time than anyone else decide to reject Him and His message because they simply didn’t know Jesus’ source of knowledge. Discover how we are tempted to do the same.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 24: With bread and wine, Jesus takes and symbolizes what He has done for us, and what He offers us in replace for our sinful lives. Discover how the Last Supper communion ceremony points us to remember what Jesus has done for us, and what He offers us as a reward for accepting His gift.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 23: In a set of three short parables, Jesus expands our view of God’s Kingdom of heaven, how valuable God’s kingdom is compared to this world, and how valuable we are in God’s eyes that prompt Him to do something incredible for each of us!
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 23: When Jesus offered Judas a piece of bread at the last supper, did Judas have to accept it? If Judas had refused this gift, would that have changed His life? Discover what we can learn from Judas Iscariot and his fateful choice.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 22: After healing a demon-possessed man, Jesus is challenged by a group of Pharisees over where He gets His power to heal and help people. You may be surprised at the strong language Jesus challenges this group of Pharisees with, and how this message is relevant for our lives today!
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 22: While we might often think the greatest person is the one with the most status, Jesus challenges this idea through one of the things He modeled during the Last Supper with the disciples. Discover how Jesus uses this personal illustration to challenge all of His followers throughout history.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 21: In two similar events, Jesus is challenged over what are lawful and not lawful activities for the Sabbath day. You may be surprised with what we learn from Jesus’ response.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 21: Leading up to the last supper with the disciples, Jesus sends two of them ahead with some strange instructions about where to find the place to prepare the meal. Discover what we can learn about Jesus and about God in this event leading into the Last Supper.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 20: In another place where Jesus shares a message with His followers, He decides to speak out against the places where He did the most of His miracles, and following this message of condemnation, Jesus gives everyone present an amazing invitation.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 20: When the gospel writers tell us that Judas Iscariot let Satan enter him leading up to betraying Jesus, discover some things we can learn from what happened so we don’t fall to the same temptation or trap that Judas did.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 19: Part way through Matthew’s gospel, Jesus again challenges His followers with some very direct, difficult ideas, but He finishes this message with a promise. In this message, discover what it means to truly follow Jesus and to be one of His disciples.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 19: When Jesus finishes describing the end-time, He describes separating sheep and goats on one visible criteria. Does this mean salvation is based on works, or can we learn something about the visible half of our faith?
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Year in Matthew – Episode 18: In two very different miracles, Jesus subtly teaches us about His character and how God works through the craziness of our lives.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 18: While it is easy to focus on the servant who only received one bag of silver in Jesus’ parable of the three servants, fear was something each of these servants faced. Discover what this parable teaches us about facing fear, and we can apply this truth into our lives.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 17: While on the way to help a synagogue leader, Jesus gets to shed light on an almost missed miracle while also setting the stage for an even more amazing miracle still to come. Discover how neither of these two miracles would be the same without each other and without Jesus drawing our attention onto God’s truth and love.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 17: When Jesus tells the disciples the parable of the ten bridesmaids, we discover within this parable some amazing ideas on how we can avoid the fate of foolish bridesmaids and being excluded from the wedding feast.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 16: Part way through Matthew’s gospel, we discover Matthew sharing about how Jesus met and invited him to be a disciple. Discover what we can learn from this event, and what Jesus teaches us about His mission and His focus while here on earth!
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 16: When Jesus describes His return as catching people off guard, how should we understand this in light of how earth-shattering His return will be? Discover what we should focus on doing, and what is not worth our time in this challenging and often misunderstood passage from the gospel of Matthew.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 15: In four consecutive, but seemingly unrelated events, discover how one big central them in them all is trust, and specifically trust in God and Jesus. Discover what this tells us about Jesus and how this challenges our faith living over 2,000 years later.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 15: Discover what we can learn when three of Jesus’ closest disciples ask Him about what will happen leading up to the end of the world.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 14: When Jesus arrives back into Capernaum, discover how a seemingly normal request for help turns into an amazing example of faith that Jesus challenges His followers to model. This type of faith should be at the heart of all our prayers to God!
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 14: While sitting in the temple watching people give their gifts, Jesus sees something that amazes Him, and He teaches the disciples how a small gift might actual be bigger than a large one.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 13: As Jesus finishes His Sermon on the Mount, discover how His teaching affects the crowds present, and how Jesus’ final message is a challenge for all God’s people throughout the centuries.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 13: After silencing the religious leaders and their trick questions and traps, Jesus teaches about where we should place our focus, and three major areas where we should focus on God in our lives.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 12: Near the end of the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus shares several warnings before teaching us about how God answers our prayers. Jesus then sums up the Law by describing it in one phrase, which many people might be familiar with, but which the context make this phrase extra powerful!
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 12: Discover what happens when Jesus turns the tables on the religious leaders and asks a question of His own. Discover what we can learn about God and the religious leaders from how this question is framed.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 11: Part way through Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, He turns His attention onto the topic of worry, and how worry is not valuable. Discover how what Jesus says is relevant for our lives regardless of what point in history we live.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 11: When a religious teacher asked Jesus a question, we discover that Jesus answers correctly, without sidestepping the question or being tricky in any way. From this brief discussion, we discover some amazing truths about offering, sacrifices, and entrance into God’s kingdom.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 10: After Jesus shares a model prayer for us, He talks about forgiveness, and why it is important for us to grow treasure in heaven. Discover what Jesus means when He says this and how we can apply Jesus’ message in our lives today!
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 10: When the Sadducees come to challenge Jesus with a question, discover what we can learn from Jesus’ response and how Jesus’ response teaches us about what we can look forward to in Heaven.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 9: In the next portion of Matthew that we are focusing in on, discover what Jesus teaches us about the importance of living for God, and focusing on our personal, private connection with God over our public connection.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 9: When challenged by the religious leaders about the validity of Roman taxation, Jesus shares a response that not only side-stepped the question, but it also challenged all those present on both sides regarding where they had placed their allegiance.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 8: Part way through the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus elevates the standard of the law to be much broader than what we might realize, but this is only after He has offered us a solution to this impossible dilemma.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 8: When Jesus told a parable about a king inviting guests to a wedding feast, we discover that not only must those the king invited accept the invitation and come, they must also accept another gift that is hidden within the finer details of this parable. Otherwise, those who accepted the invitation risk being thrown out into the darkness.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 7: In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus shares three separate ideas that progressively get more challenging for His followers, and in these three messages, we are challenged with how we live our lives and where we have placed our focus.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 7: When Jesus shares about some evil tenants of a vineyard who refuse to give the owner his share of the produce, we discover how this parable challenged those in Israel on a profound level, and how this parable alludes to God being judged.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 6: As Jesus opens His most famous sermon, discover in a list of blessings some major characteristics of His people, and the people who will inherit the Kingdom of Heaven!
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 6: When some religious leaders challenge Jesus, we see Him skillfully sidestep the question, but then He immediately follows up with a challenge to them about the state of their belief. Discover what we can learn from what Jesus taught, and how this teaching is just as applicable in our lives today.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 5: When Jesus returns from being tempted, Matthew includes an interesting transition, prophecy, and message about where Jesus started His ministry, how Jesus began His ministry, and why Jesus started that way.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 5: When Jesus arrived in the temple, He found commerce and thievery taking place. Discover what we can learn from Jesus’ reaction to what He saw taking place, and what He chose to replace the chaos of commerce with.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 4: At the start of His ministry, Jesus is led into the desert to face three powerful temptations Satan has prepared for this moment. Discover how Jesus pushes back and how these temptations are common temptations in our world and our lives today.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 4: When Jesus curses a fig tree, discover how to amplify your prayer life into what God intended it to be.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 3: Early on in Matthew’s gospel, we learn of Jesus going to John the Baptist to be baptized. Discover what happened and why this event was significant in Jesus’ life and why it is significant for our lives today.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 3: Early on during the week leading up to the crucifixion, John describes Jesus challenging His followers about where they should seek glory and praise. You might be surprised by how far He goes!
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Year in Matthew – Episode 2: As Matthew continues describing Jesus’ birth, we learn of a second dream that changes the lives of Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus, and we discover a little bit more of the character of Jesus’ earthly dad.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 2: During Jesus’ ride to Jerusalem on a young donkey, Luke describes in his gospel how Jesus stops and weeps while everyone else is cheering. Discover some things we can learn from this whole donkey-ride event that we can apply in our lives over 2000 years later.
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Year in Matthew – Episode 1: Near the beginning of Matthew’s gospel, we discover several powerful insights into the character of Joseph, who was Jesus’ earthly father, and a dream that changed his life forever.
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Flashback Episode: Year of the Cross – Episode 1: Discover some things we can learn from a gift Jesus receives leading up to His crucifixion and how those present respond to the gift Jesus was given.
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