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Featuring Nikki Hardeman, Jaye Lynn Peabody Smith, David Adams, David Cassady, Daniel Glaze, along with a diverse collection of guests.
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15.14 Making An Entrance
Making An Entrance For the session to be discussed on April 2, 2023 Matthew 21:1-11 Nikki Hardeman Crystal Shepherd Bert Montgomery Today’s text is for Palm Sunday, so of course we are discussing Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. The text is Matthew chapter 21...
15.13 Spirit is Life
Spirit is Life For the session to be discussed on March 26, 2023 Romans 8:1-11 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Crystal Shepherd In this episode we discuss what it means to live or not “in the flesh.” As Daniel Glaze explains, “It seems to me that living in...
15.12 Hidden in Darkness
Hidden in Darkness For the session to be discussed on March 19, 2023 Ephesians 5:8-14 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Crystal Shepherd We discuss a passage full of words like “light” and “darkness.” Crystal explains, “If one only remembers to turn on the...
15.11 Justified
Justified For the session to be discussed on March 12, 2023 Romans 5:1-11 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Bert Montgomery Do we deserve God’s grace? According to Paul, if we have anything to boast of, it's not that we somehow deserve anything, it's that we've...
15.10 Promise Kept
Promise Kept For the session to be discussed on March 5, 2023 Romans 4:1-17 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Bert Montgomery As we journey through this season of Lent, we wonder if this text beckons us to consider what it really means to have faith over the...
15.09 Problematic Texts
Problematic Texts For the session to be discussed on February 26, 2023 Romans 5:12-19 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Bert Montgomery Some things are just hard to explain and we can tie ourselves in knots trying to do so. In this text, we might see Paul as...
15.08 Bigger
Bigger For the session to be discussed on February 19, 2023 Matthew 17:1-9 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman David Adams Bert Montgomery Mountains appear in the scriptures - often as the sites for major events. We discuss one such event, the Transfiguration of Jesus, in...
15.07 Rigid Rules for Reconciliation
Rigid Rules for Reconciliation For the session to be discussed on February 12, 2023 Matthew 5:21-37 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery We discuss a passage that deals with diverse issues including anger and adultery, noting the ways this entire...
15.06 Salt, Light, & Laughter
Salt, Light, & Laughter For the session to be discussed on February 5, 2023 Matthew 5:13-20 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery We do a good bit of laughing in this episode, but also delve into the notion of our being called to be salt and...
15.05 Do, Love, Walk
Do, Love, Walk For the session to be discussed on January 29, 2023 Micah 6:1-8 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery This well known passage presents the prophet highlighting the disconnect between the people’s professed allegiance to God and their...
15.04 Nothing Never Happens
Nothing Never Happens For the session to be discussed on January 22, 2023 Isaiah 9:1-7 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery When people are facing uncertain and difficult times, this text brings comfort and hope, as it was written during a similar...
15.03 Who’s the Servant?
Who's the Servant? For the session to be discussed on January 15, 2023 Isaiah 49:1-7 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery This week we have another servant song from Isaiah. We discuss how the passage reminds us that God works through us and...
15.02 Heroes
Heroes For the session to be discussed on January 8, 2023 Isaiah 42:1-9 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Daniel Glaze Bert Montgomery What does it mean to be a hero? In this passage, drawn from the Exile experience of the Israelite people, we discuss how we each hold the...
15.1 Looking Up?
Looking Up? For the session to be discussed on January 1, 2023 Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery David Adams Sometimes we are so focused on doing and producing that we fail to pay attention to the importance of just being. We discuss the...
14.52 An Earthly Christmas
An Earthly Christmas For the session to be discussed on December 25, 2022 Luke 2:1-20 Daniel Glaze Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery David Adams Merry Christmas! In this episode we discuss the dirty, messy, chaotic scene that was the birth of Jesus into this crazy,...
14.51 A Non-Advent Advent Lesson
A Non-Advent Advent Lesson For the session to be discussed on December 18, 2022 Romans 1:1-7 David Cassady Daniel Glaze Today is 4th Sunday of Advent. It’s almost Christmas. Why then does the Lectionary offer us this passage from Romans? We look at what Romans has to...
14.50 Practicing Patience
Practicing Patience For the session to be discussed on December 11, 2022 James 5:7-11 David Cassady Bert Montgomery Patience is one of those things, Bert tells us, that is hard to practice — especially when we are living in a world dealing with war, hunger, sickness,...
14.49 Harmony
Harmony For the session to be discussed on December 4, 2022 Romans 15:4-13 David Cassady Nikki Hardeman Bert Montgomery David Adams This passage reminds us that we do not get to decide who is “in” or who is “out” — or who God chooses to call or work through. We also...