Episodes
Friday Jan 29, 2016
Command #110 - Be Wise As Snakes and Innocent As Doves
Friday Jan 29, 2016
Friday Jan 29, 2016
Here we encounter another of Jesus' well-known Commands. The parallel with snakes, however, is troublesome because we usually associate snakes with evil.
Wednesday Jan 27, 2016
Command #109 - Wash One Another's Feet
Wednesday Jan 27, 2016
Wednesday Jan 27, 2016
The ongoing debate between how "literal" one is to take the accounts and Commands of the Bible is filled with pomposity, self-righteousness, and thorough inconsistency on all sides.
Monday Jan 25, 2016
Command #108 - Do Not Test the Lord
Monday Jan 25, 2016
Monday Jan 25, 2016
Back in the Jesus Movement days of the 1970s, putting out fleeces before the Lord, according to the example of Gideon in Judges 6, was a popular method of determining God's will.
Friday Jan 22, 2016
Command #107 - Don't Cast Your Pearls Before Swine
Friday Jan 22, 2016
Friday Jan 22, 2016
We have already spoken of those few Commands too specific and unclear of meaning to be grouped with others. Near the top of the list are surely, Have salt in yourselves and, Don't cast your pearls before swine.
Tuesday Jan 19, 2016
Command #106 - Do Not Follow the Example of Those Who Preach But Do Not Practice
Tuesday Jan 19, 2016
Tuesday Jan 19, 2016
The proverb "practice what you preach" is so common in everyday parlance that most probably do not realize that it was Jesus who coined the phrase.
Monday Jan 18, 2016
Command #105 - Teach the Nations to Obey What I Have Commanded
Monday Jan 18, 2016
Monday Jan 18, 2016
The Great Commission of Jesus in Matthew 28 is surely one of the most well-known, important, and yet misunderstood and misapplied passages in the Bible.
Friday Jan 15, 2016
Command #104 - Do Not Lead Others Into Sin
Friday Jan 15, 2016
Friday Jan 15, 2016
It is a sobering truth to realize that in God's eyes causing another to sin may be more serious than sinning ourselves.
Wednesday Jan 13, 2016
Command #103 - Don't Resist Evil Men
Wednesday Jan 13, 2016
Wednesday Jan 13, 2016
The command to "turn the other cheek," which we considered earlier as Let people injure you without retaliating, is actually a two-part command.
Monday Jan 11, 2016
Command #102 - Give Up Everything
Monday Jan 11, 2016
Monday Jan 11, 2016
All the Commands are subject to misunderstanding, overemphasis, and underemphasis. The Commands of Jesus can be taken so out of context and misapplied, that they can even become false gods and idols that blind vision from the true nature of the Commands.
Friday Jan 08, 2016
Command #101 - Be Glad in All Circumstances
Friday Jan 08, 2016
Friday Jan 08, 2016
As we have noted before, many of Jesus' specific words must be broadened to incorporate the fullness of what he intended as Commands of obedience upon his followers.