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Ep. 79 - Jesus and Religious Taxation - Matthew 17.22-27 by Beer and Bible

Coming straight from another co-questioner, Does the Bible really mean to have as many kids as humanly possible?!?! Jump in, learn about babies, snakes, and curses.

Ep. 78- Jesus Gets Pedantic - Matthew 17.14-21 by Beer and Bible

Ep. 77 - High On A Mountain (either Way You Want To Read That) by Beer and Bible

Ep. 76 - The First Pope (read:Peter) tempts Jesus - Matt 16.21-28 by Beer and Bible

This is not sarcastic. We seriously love our Elders and Sisters.

Ep. 75 - The First Pope and the Loosening - Matthew 16.13-20 by Beer and Bible

Oh man - Beware of the Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees! that makes about as much sense to you as it did the Jesus followers back in the day. Check out Neil just reminding us what happened before and Chris's drunken commentary.

Ep. 73 - The Bipartisan Demand for Proof and Whales - Matthew 16.1 - 4 by Beer and Bible

What starts out as Chris's inebriated question devolves into multiple thoughts that are not suitable for a Sunday morning church service. Enjoy our thoughts and reflection.

Ep. 72 - Lunch with Jesus In 4K - Matthew 15.29 - 39 by Beer and Bible

Ep. 71- Slightly Racist Jesus - Matthew 15.21-28 by Beer and Bible

Ep. 70 Matthew -Jesus may need cultural sensitivity training - 15.1-20 by Beer and Bible

Buy Chris A Beer - What do you think heaven will be like? by Beer and Bible

Ep. 69- -Matthew 14.22-36 by Beer and Bible

Take a step out of church (or keep avoiding it), and let's read this story with a different spin - Jesus feed 5,000 "powerless" people and we discuss a different path Jesus could have taken in become a religious/politcal figure in the first century Roman Empire. As always, you'll learn a little, maybe laugh a little.

Well, this is an interesting story, but it gets dark. Apologies in advance. This does not have a good ending.

Alright trying something new this year with a practice for answering questions, completely un-researched, but you get raw thoughts from Chris and Neil. the first question comes from our Co-Questioner Cynthia, asking us to retell our favorite Bible stories.

Last time we focused on Mary, now we're looking at what Joseph's options in the story. . . Let's face it, in this story, God put them in a REALLY difficult situation.

According to the Torah (the first five books of the Jewish Tanakh and the Christian Bible), If a woman is engaged to man and has sex with another man prior to the wedding, both the man and woman should be put to death. This makes things a bit tricky considering God came up with the plan of having an engaged carry the messiah to term in a culture that takes his law pretty seriously. I wonder which angel was tasked with doing a risk analysis of this plan.

Ep. 66 Jesus the Mason and Neil Avoids A Hate Crime - Matthew 13.53-58 by Beer and Bible

Ep. 65- Jesus' Pyromania in a Long Cryptocurrency Ad - Matthew 13.43-52 by Beer and Bible

Ep. 64- Parables on Mustard and Sourdough set to Minivan Rock- Matthew 13.31-42 by Beer and Bible

This time we get into the WEEDS a bit. ahahaha. ugh . . .anyways, we cover another one of the parables in Matthew and chat it up about this weird passage, and continuously get off track and talk about Satan.

Sometimes we wonder how much you'll get out of this when we probably provide more questions than answers. . . BUT, maybe you will find a few entertaining stories, such as Chris talking about his son reading through the book of Revelation.

This time we are introducing the "parables" - a section of teaching in Matthew where Jesus gives short stories/allegories for his audience to drive home a concept.

Ep. 60 - Jesus, a Racist Prophet, and an African Queen - Matthew 12.38-50 by Beer and Bible

Ep. 59 - Jesus the Egyptian Sorcerer and the Unforgivable Sin - Matthew 12.22 by Beer and Bible

Chris and Neil give their tips on how to read the Bible if you are curious, but not really into this religion. There's a lot out there on how to read the bible as a Christian, but not much out there on how to read an ancient text for fun/education.

Christmas Special 2022 - Part 2 - Herod: When Killing toddlers isn't the worst thing you've done. by Beer and Bible

Okay, WAAAAAYYY late, but we thought this one was worth getting into and learning about. Join Chris on an alcohol soaked adventure through the history of KING HEROD. King Herod? Part of the Christmas story is the king over Judea at the time that tried MURDERING TODDLERS. Some how soldiers brandishing tools of death never make it into the lawn/mantel nativity scenes.

Another episode of interest. We continue in the Gospel of Matthew with another story of Jesus messing with the Pharisees' expectation of proper Sabbath behavior, but this time instead of it being about eating and harvesting, it's about whether or not it's okay to do "good" on the Sabbath.

This is wild; Neil is in the passenger seat as Chris takes the wheel and teaches us about his own research into Demons in the Tanakh, or what many Christians call "the Old Testament." it's a wild ride that gets pretty crazy, but we hope you enjoy. If you were looking for a stronger more Jewish based, scholarly understanding, you've come to the WRONG place. If you want a start down that path and our commentary, you've come to the RIGHT place.

Oh man, this is going to sound like a repeat of Episode 2, but it is in a different universe/timeline or whatever (think Sony vs. Disney Spiderman movies . . . Or Michael Keaton vs. Christian Bale Batman movies). this time we focus more on the Rabbinic discussions and exemptions on the Sabbath and some interpretations you could use to look at this.

Ep. 55 - Woes and Fitting Yokes - Matthew 11.20-30 by Beer and Bible

Alright, picking up where we left off, we continue our story in Matthew and finish up some teaching from Jesus.

Here we go; after a long break waiting for my computer to get fixed, we have the latest (maybe not greatest) episode of Beer and Bible. This picks up from last episode and we highly recommend listening to that before getting into this episode. Originally this was supposed to be a fairly short podcast on 9 verses but we were sufficiently distracted. We talk about a couple different interpretations of a kingdom that Jesus refers to as coming "violently" as well as getting into what Chris refers to as "Yoda Speak" where Jesus talks about children singing songs and dirges and how his listeners have been responding.

It's been a hot minute since we last saw John the Baptizer. . .We've just sent the disciples out to the people, so Jesus stays up North and gets word from John's crew asking him if he (Jesus) is the real deal, or if they are looking for another revolutionary. And Jesus, (as is his way), gives a really weird non-answer . . that still answers the question.

Here we get Jesus describing the persecution ,and we talk a little bit about the crucifixion practices and Nero's musical career.

What happens when the Bible isn't exactly accurate? We continue talking about the "Apostles" and how this section isn't 100% in order/correct in how Western people of the 21st century expect.

This has the most click-bait opening of our podcasts so far. Enjopy.

If there was ever an episode where we lose a few listeners, this is it. It's wild, and it covers the immaculate conception.

We wrap up the story of the disciples and talk a bit abut what they've been commissioned to do. Some of this is based in strong evidence and tradition, while the rest is adventurous speculation steeped in an IPA.

We continue talking about the apostles some more. We really try and give a sense of what these guys are like, which isn't quite what Sunday school or Youth group gives. Just guys in their 20's following a charismatic leader. No matter how I say this, it always seems like a cult. Which, I guess it kinda is?

Ever wondered what the word "Apostle" means? Is that some weird church word? We look into Jesus sending out HIS "apostles" where the word came from, and the first two apostles. We bring in some pop culture, getting music suggestions from Chris, talking about Ghostbusters, and Robert Duvall's 1997 Performance.

Here we go - this time we are closing out this section of Matthew (chapters 8-9) and rounding everything out, and more of Chris's drunken commentary.

Here we go - you'll get a little bit of Chris's great parenting. Enjoy the weirdness as we talk about Jesus healing some blind people.

Epsidoe 45 - John 9.27-31 by Beer and Bible

An update from the hosts. Over the summer we tried recording, but the episodes recorded (all on Matthew) did not record correctly and were not something we could salvage. If you are wanting more bible, I would recommend skipping this episode. . . .But if you want to know about what we're up to, enjoy. We will be back with Matthew shortly. Thanks for the understanding.

Non-Episode - Tangent night - Aren't all religions the same? by Beer and Bible