Episodes
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
Command #109 - Wash One Another's Feet
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
Thursday Sep 27, 2018
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.
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018
Command #108 - Do Not Test the Lord
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018
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.
Thursday Sep 20, 2018
Command #107 - Don't Cast Your Pearls Before Swine
Thursday Sep 20, 2018
Thursday Sep 20, 2018
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 Sep 18, 2018
Command #106 - Do Not Follow the Example of Those Who Preach But Do Not Practice
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
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.
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
Command #105 - Teach the Nations to Obey What I Have Commanded
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
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.
Tuesday Sep 11, 2018
Command #104 - Do Not Lead Others Into Sin
Tuesday Sep 11, 2018
Tuesday Sep 11, 2018
It is a sobering truth to realize that in God's eyes causing another to sin may be more serious than sinning ourselves.
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Command #103 - Don't Resist Evil Men
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
The command to "turn the other cheek," which we considered earlier as Let people injure you without retaliating, is actually a two-part command.
Wednesday Sep 05, 2018
Command #102 - Give Up Everything
Wednesday Sep 05, 2018
Wednesday Sep 05, 2018
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.