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In this thought-provoking episode, Tony and Jesse delve into Jesus's twin parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price from Matthew 13:44-46. They explore the profound economic metaphor Jesus uses to illustrate the incomparable value of the Kingdom of Heaven. Through careful examination of both parables, they discuss what it means to "count the cost" of following Christ while simultaneously recognizing that no earthly sacrifice can compare to the infinite worth of gaining Christ. The conversation moves between practical application—considering how believers assess value in their spiritual lives—and deeper theological reflections on Christ's perfect sacrifice that makes our entrance into the Kingdom possible in the first place. Key Takeaways The Kingdom of Heaven has such surpassing value that sacrificing everything to obtain it is considered a joyful exchange, not a loss. Both parables show different paths to discovering the Kingdom (unexpected finding vs. intentional seeking), but identical responses: selling everything to obtain the treasure. The parables are not primarily commanding material poverty, but rather illustrating the "sold-outness" required in pursuing the Kingdom of God. Counting the cost of discipleship is not only permissible but necessary to fully appreciate the value of what we gain in Christ. The ultimate treasure we receive in salvation is not merely benefits like eternal life, but God Himself—union with Christ and fellowship with the Trinity. Christ Himself is the one who ultimately fulfills these parables perfectly, giving everything to purchase us as His treasure. The irresistible draw of the Kingdom illustrates how God's grace works in the heart of believers, compelling joyful surrender. Exploring the Incomparable Value of the Kingdom The economic metaphor Jesus employs in these parables is striking—both the hidden treasure and the pearl are deemed so valuable that the discoverers "sell all they have" to obtain them. As Tony and Jesse point out, this transaction reveals something profound about how we should view the Kingdom of Heaven. It's not simply that the Kingdom is valuable; it's that its value so far exceeds anything else we possess that the comparison becomes almost absurd. As Tony notes, "For sure the worth of the kingdom of heaven surpasses anything we could imagine... there's no measure that is satisfying, there's no measure that can actually show us how worthwhile it is." This perspective transforms how we understand sacrifice in the Christian life. When opportunities or comforts are foregone because of our faith, we're not simply losing something—we're experiencing the reality that we've chosen something infinitely more valuable. The parables teach us to view these moments not with regret but with a clearer vision of the treasure we've received in Christ. The Ultimate Prize: God Himself Perhaps the most powerful insight from the discussion is the realization that the ultimate treasure of salvation is not the benefits we receive, but God Himself. As Tony eloquently states: "All of those things are attending gifts. But what we get in salvation ultimately is we get God... we get union with God, we get fellowship with Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit. We get swept up into the life of the Trinity... We gain the relationship that the son has with the father by nature. We gain that by grace and nothing can compare to that." This perspective reshapes how we understand the value proposition of the gospel. It's not merely that we receive eternal life, freedom from suffering, or other benefits—though these are real. The pearl of great price is relationship with God Himself. This helps explain why both men in the parables respond with such dramatic, all-encompassing sacrifice. When we truly grasp what's being offered, nothing seems too great a price to pay. Memorable Quotes "What we get in salvation ultimately is we get God. We get union with God, we get fellowship with Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit. We get swept up into the life of the Trinity... We gain the relationship that the son has with the father by nature. We gain that by grace and nothing can compare to that." — Tony Arsenal "I often say in my own line of work, that cost only matters in the absence of value... it's like at the end of days when we think about the worthiness of our God, that there's no one like him, that he's unequal, that he has no rival, that the gospel is the sweetest message that we're rescued literally from the pit. We'll just say no matter what the cost of us personally, great or small, totally worth it." — Jesse Schwamb Full Transcript [00:00:08] Tony Arsenal: All of those things are attending gifts. But what we get in salvation ultimately is we get God we get union with God, we get fellowship with Jesus Christ in the, the power of the Holy Spirit. We, we get swept up into the life of the, the God of the universe. Like the life of the Trinity indwells us. And we, we become a part of that. We get swept up into that. We gain the relationship that the son has with the father by nature. We gain that by grace and nothing can compare to that. [00:00:47] Jesse Schwamb: Welcome to episode 469 of The Reformed Brotherhood. I'm Jesse. [00:00:54] Tony Arsenal: And I'm Tony. And this is the podcast with ears to hear. Hey brother. [00:00:59] Jesse Schwamb: Hey brother. Discussing the Value of the Kingdom of Heaven [00:01:00] Jesse Schwamb: Speaking of ears to hear, we're back at it again with a whole new, or let's say different parable from our Lord and Savior Jesus. And we've been talking about how really these parables give us this view of the face of heaven through these earthly glasses. And I am pretty interested in our conversation about what's coming up because sometimes we don't like to put too fine a points to our, our point of question to our faith. And in this case, we're gonna get to ask the question, what is it all worth, this kingdom of heaven, this rule and reign of Christ? What is it all about? Who are the beneficiaries of it? And what is it all actually worth? There's a little bit of economics in this, so we're gonna get there. And while we talk and do a little affirming or denying, you should just go ahead write to just skip, go. Do not collect $200 or maybe. Pass, go and collect $200. I dunno. But just go to Matthew chapter 13 and hang out there for just a second. Affirmations and Denials [00:01:58] Jesse Schwamb: But first, I'm always curious to know whenever we talk, are you gonna affirm with something or are you gonna die against something? We've been on a string of lots of affirmations, but I'd like to think that's just because we're fun, loving, optimistic people. But there was a day where we had to do both. And now that I only have to choose one, I do find myself gravitating almost naturally toward the affirming width. But I leave it to you, Tony, are you affirming with or denying against? [00:02:22] Tony Arsenal: I, unfortunately am denying tonight. Technical Issues with Apple Podcasts [00:02:25] Tony Arsenal: So you and I already talked about it a little bit, but uh, I'm denying Apple Podcast Connect. Oh yes. So, uh, I. Obviously, like if you're affected by this, you're not hearing the episode 'cause it's not updating for you. But, uh, if you happen to be using Apple to listen to the podcast and for some reason you're listening somewhere else, maybe you realize that the podcast has not been updating for several weeks. And so you went to a different podcast catcher. Um, apple just decided for some reason that none of our feeds were gonna update. No good reason. So I've got a ticket out to Apple and hopefully we'll get it fixed. Uh, if you do know someone who listens to the show and they use Apple, please tell them to subscribe to something else or to, uh, go to the website. You can get all of the, all of the episodes on our website. You could go to Spotify, you could do something like, uh, overcast or PocketCasts. Um, it really is just Apple. It's, it's the actual account that we use to, uh, to access. Apple's Directory is not pulling new episodes and it's not pulling new episodes on another show that I run as well. So, uh, it's not just this show, it's not our RSS feed. These things happen. It'll, you know, you'll get four or five episodes all at one time. When it, when it corrects itself, usually they're pretty quick. I put in a ticket like late on Friday afternoon, so I didn't expect them to get to it on, uh, Saturday or Sunday. So hopefully by the time you're hearing this, uh, it's resolved. I would hope so, because that means it would be about a week from today. Um, so hopefully they'll have a resolve. But yeah, it's just th thorns and thistles. This is our own, our own, uh, manifestation of the curse here in this little labor that we do. It's, it's thorns and thistles right now, but no big deal. Just, uh, catch up when you can. And, uh, yeah, so denying Apple Podcasts now, really, it's, it's a great service and this is a, a little glitch. It's, it's just a little frustrating. [00:04:20] Jesse Schwamb: The sweat of our brow. Yes. Here it is. We're just toiling over getting Apple to please release our episodes. Well, it'll be your happy day if you use Apple Podcasts and then get a bunch of them all at once. That's fantastic. It's like the gift that is over in abundance. Supporting The Reformed Brotherhood [00:04:36] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah, it is a good reminder that you just said, Tony, that everybody should go, just take some time. Head on over to our form brotherhood.com. You can find all the other 400 some odd episodes living over there. And while you're over there and you're perusing or searching by topic to see what we've talked about before, you're probably gonna think to yourself, this is so incredible. How is this compendium, this omnibus of all these episodes just hanging out here free of cost? And I'm so glad you're thinking about that because there are so many lovely brothers and sisters who have decided just to give a little bit to make sure that all that stuff gets hosted for free for you Yeah. And for us, so that anybody can go and explore it and find content that we hope will be edifying. So if that's something you're interested in, maybe you've been listening for a while and thought, you know what? I would like to give a little bit one time or reoccurring, we would love to, for you to join us in that mission. You can go to patreon.com/reform brotherhood, and there's all the information for you to give if that's something that you feel you would like to do, and we would be grateful for you to do it. [00:05:32] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. We, we have a group of people who support the show. They make it possible for your, uh, your ear holes to be filled with our voices. And, uh, but again, you know, the costs are going up all around and, and we would, uh, certainly love to have people partner with us. Um, we've committed to making show that the, making sure that the show is free and available. Um, it's never our intention to put anything behind a paywall or to, to barrier and in that way, but we can only do that if there's people who are supporting the show and making, making sure that we've got the funding that we need to, to keep going. So, thank you to everybody who gives, thank you to anyone who's considering it, uh, and thanking anybody who decides to, uh, jump on board with that. [00:06:11] Jesse Schwamb: Right on. We're appreciative who we really are. [00:06:13] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. So Jesse, what are you affirming or denying today? Exploring Open Webcam DB [00:06:16] Jesse Schwamb: Uh, this is what I've kind of done before, but I think I've found a new place for it. I just am continually impressed and fall in love with how great and big and lovely God's world is. So I love these types of sites that give you insight into this great big world, even if it's in unexpected places or maybe in strange places. So I'm affirming with a website called Open webcam db.com. Open webcam db.com. And it's exactly like what it sounds like. It's a database that has something like 2000 live cameras streaming daily from over 50 countries, all searchable by a category. So you can find natural landscapes, airports, construction sites, and one of my recent favorites, honestly, and this is. It's so strange, but kind of awesome is this warehouse, it's called Chinese Robotic Warehouse Buzz, and it's just robots moving pallets around or like stacks of all of these items. It's mesmerizing. But I would encourage you go to open webcam db.com, search for like your stage or your country. You'll find so many amazing things. So I've sat and just watched, you know, between tasks or when you know you just need a break or you're just curious about the world. Like I look, I watched the Krakow Maine Market Square quite a bit because it's. Beautiful and brilliant, and to think about the people moving to and fro and what they're doing, what their lives are like. There's some great scenes from San Francisco Bay. There is a bird feeder in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania that I often watch. So of course, like go out as we've said, and live and breathe and be in your own communities. And as well, if you're looking at scratch that itch of just seeing all these different places, all the different things that are happening in God's created world, I can firmly and unreservedly recommend open webcam db.com for that. [00:07:58] Tony Arsenal: Nice, nice, uh, little known fact at one point, Dartmouth Hitchcock, which is the hospital that I worked for, had to block a penguin cam, uh, because it was causing such a productivity drain combined with an actual measurable decrease in internet bandwidth at the hospital. 'cause so many people were watching this little penguin cam at some zoo in Boston. I think it probably was. Yeah, I, I love this kind of stuff. I think this kind of stuff is great. Uh, I use, uh, Dartmouth College has a, like a live one that I use all the time, especially when we're trying to figure out what the weather's gonna do. You can see it on the camera. Uh, we, we often will, you know, see, especially as we get closer to the season when we're talking about traveling to the beach and whatnot, uh, often look at the ocean grove. Oh, that's right. Uh, pier cam. So yeah, check it out. Uh, sounds like a fun time. Do not share it with too many of your friends at work. Or it may crash the network and Yeah. But [00:08:53] Jesse Schwamb: yeah, for [00:08:54] Tony Arsenal: sure. That was a funny email that they had to send out. I remember that [00:08:57] Jesse Schwamb: for sure. Use, use the penguin cam responsibly. I just did a quick search. There are four different penguin cams. Uh, three of them are in the United States, one is in New Zealand, and you better believe I'm gonna be checking those bad boys out. Yes. I didn't even think about. The penguin feature here and penguins are an amazing animal. Like we could stop right now and just shift our topic to penguins if you want to. [00:09:16] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. ' [00:09:16] Jesse Schwamb: cause there's so much there. And the spiritual truths are so broad and deep, but I just think penguins are kind of undervalued. Birds. Everybody should go check them out. [00:09:26] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. They're, they're pretty cool. [00:09:28] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah. Um, I'm like, I will watch any Penguin documentary and just be astounded by Penguin. Like, whether they're Emperor Penguins or South African Penguin, wherever. I just think they're phenomenal and hilarious and seem to be living the dream. And he doesn't want a little bit of that. [00:09:46] Tony Arsenal: You just gotta get Morgan Freeman to do the voiceover in any documentary or, or nature documentary is better with Morgan Freeman doing the voiceover. [00:09:55] Jesse Schwamb: Well, I all, this might be a deep cut real quick, but I just learned this, and I'm guessing some of our listening brothers and sisters probably already know this. Maybe you do too, Tony. So, Benedict Cumberbatch, do you know where I'm going with this? Yep, [00:10:06] Tony Arsenal: yep. Pen wing. [00:10:07] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah. I didn't. I cannot say that word or stumbles over its pronunciation. He did some kind of big documentary in which Penguins played at least some part. Yeah. And they were in an interview. They were giving him such a hard time because they played his reading of it like within the same kind of five minutes. And his, the word just kept degenerating in his mouth every time he said it. So it became like almost undistinguishable from the actual word. And it's like initial pronunciation. It was so hilarious. Apparently it's a big joke on the internet and I just didn't know it. [00:10:38] Tony Arsenal: Especially for someone like Bent Cumberbatch who just is, uh, like he's a world-class voice actor. [00:10:44] Jesse Schwamb: Right. [00:10:45] Tony Arsenal: And like a super smart ude guy and he just can't say the word penguin and penguin. Yeah. [00:10:51] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah. He said, you got everybody go look it up. 'cause it is super hilarious. And now it's kind of gotten stuck in my head. But um, again, this suddenly became like the All Penguin episode all of a sudden. [00:11:01] Tony Arsenal: I mean like, he can pronounce his own last name just fine, but the word penguin escapes him. I like to call 'em blueberry crumble bottom or whatever. Crumble bunch. [00:11:11] Jesse Schwamb: Uh, see that's the good stuff right there. That's what everybody we know. This is what you all tune in for. This is what you're missing when Apple Podcast doesn't send everything out on time. Yeah. You're welcome. [00:11:22] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. The Parable of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl [00:11:23] Tony Arsenal: Well, Jesse, why don't we, why don't we get into it? Because you know it, it's interesting. Let's [00:11:27] Jesse Schwamb: get into it. [00:11:28] Tony Arsenal: Well, it's interesting because when you, you know, you kind of, we, we sort of do the little lead to the episode and I, I suddenly realized that I think I've been interpreting this parable very differently than maybe you have or other people. Great. Do, uh, because I, I think I, I think I might have a different take on it. Let, let's do it. Yeah. So let's get into it. Uh, do you have the, the text in friend you wanna read? Uh, why don't we just do 44 all the way through 46? We'll do both parables in one reading. We'll come back and talk about it. [00:11:54] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah. Sorry, everybody. So here's a two for one for you. Beginning in where we're in verse 44 of Matthew chapter 13. This is Jesus speaking. The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy, he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field again. The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. Interpreting the Parables [00:12:22] Tony Arsenal: I think maybe this is the, like the beauty of parables, uh, when Christ doesn't give us a interpretation. I, I think we're, we're, we're not free to like make up whatever we want, but these kinds of teaching tools are useful because the fact that there can be multiple interpretations actually is, is probably intentional. [00:12:43] Jesse Schwamb: Right. [00:12:43] Tony Arsenal: So it's funny because I think when you intro the episode here, it sounds like you're going to the kingdom of Heaven being a treasure hidden in a field, being something that we should sell everything we have and go after. And when I read this, I read it as the kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden a field. And the man who is Jesus goes and sells all that. He has. He gives all that he has and buys the field. So, and I, I think this is one of those ones where like. Probably both of those things are in play. Sure. But it's interesting 'cause I've never, I've never really read this and thought about myself as the person who buys the field. [00:13:19] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah. Interesting. [00:13:20] Tony Arsenal: I've probably heard sermons or read devotionals where people have said that and it just never clicked. And it didn't register until just now. And you were, when you were, uh, introing the parable that maybe you are the, maybe your way of introing your, your interpretation. Maybe that's the dominant one. So I, I looked at a couple quick, um, commentaries while you were speaking and I didn't get a chance to do my commentary reading before the episode. It seems like I'm the weird one. So, but it's interesting, um, 'cause again, I think that's the, kind of the beauty of parables is that sometimes the, the, um. Ambiguity of what the possible meaning could be, probably plays into the, the, um, teaching technique itself. [00:13:58] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah, I, I think that's fair. I totally can take and understand what your perspective is on this. What I find interesting is that these, we've got these two abutting each other, like the cheek to cheek parallel approach here, and in doing so, there seems to be like kind of an interesting comparison between the two. Actors in this. And I think we should get into that. Like why in one case Jesus is talking about a person who finds this in a field, which by the way, I think the, the thing that jumps out to me first about that person is this person doesn't actually own the field at first. Right. That the treasure is in. So that is interesting. I'm totally with you. But then the second one, so in the first one there's kinda almost like this sense, and I don't wanna like push this too far, but that this person who finds this treasure does so very unexpectedly, perhaps like he's even the hired hand and of course not the one who owns the field. [00:14:48] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. [00:14:49] Jesse Schwamb: And in the second case, we have somebody who almost is volitionally looking for this thing of great value, but finds the one thing above all the other things that they're used to looking for that clearly has the greatest and most. You know, essential worth and therefore the end is always the same in both of 'em. They give everything they have. They're willing for forsake all other things with great joy, recognizing the great value that's in front of them. I think there is a place to understand that as Christ acting in those ways. I think there's also interesting, again, this comparison between these two people. So I'm seeing this as we've got these varied beneficiaries of the kingdom. They both come to this place of the incomparable value of the kingdom, but then there's also like this expulsive power of the kingdom. All, all of that's, I think in there, and again, these are really, really, really brilliant, I think, because the more that you spend time meditating on these, the layers just kind of come and they fall away and you start to really consider, well, why again is Jesus using these two different characters? Why is he using this kinda different sense of things of, of worth what the people are actually after? I think all of it's in play. You're totally right. [00:15:54] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. The Cost and Value of the Kingdom of Heaven [00:15:55] Tony Arsenal: So I think, you know, when we think about the kingdom of heaven, when we think about these perils, we made this point last week, we shouldn't, um, we shouldn't restrict, we have to be careful not to restrict the comparison to just like the first noun that comes up, [00:16:08] Jesse Schwamb: right? [00:16:08] Tony Arsenal: So it's not just that the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, it, it is like a treasure, but it's like a treasure that's hidden in a field. Yes. And it's not just like a treasure that's hidden in a field, it's a treasure that's hidden in a field which a man found and covered up. Right? So, so like we have to look at that whole sequence. And I think, I think, um, you know, obviously like the, the interpretation that we are the, we're the man who finds the kingdom of heaven and we, you know, we go and buy the field. Um, that, that obviously makes perfect sense now that I'm looking at a few different commentaries. It seems to be the predominant way that this gets interpreted. And we, we look at it and we say, what, well, what does this mean for like our Christian life? Like. What does it mean? Do we have to, do we have to give everything away? Do we have to sell everything we have? Is that the point of the parable? I think some people make that the point of the parable. Um, I'm not convinced that that actually is the point of the parable. Um, because it, you know, it, it, it just, there's lots in the scripture that, that, uh, doesn't seem to require that Christians automatically like, give away everything they have. Um, maybe that's your calling. Maybe it is something that God's calling you to do to sort of, um, divest yourself of your, your belongings, either to sort of fight materialism or greed or, or just because like you're gonna need to have that fluidity and liquidity to your assets 'cause you're gonna need to move around or whatever it is. But I don't think we look at this parable and have like a, like a, a command for a life of poverty or something like that. Right. Um, really this is more about the. Utter sold outness of the Christian to pursue and seek the kingdom of God. [00:17:48] Jesse Schwamb: Right? Right. [00:17:49] Tony Arsenal: And and I think that that's the same in both, even though the way that the person in the parables comes a, comes across the kingdom or they come across this, this thing of great value or thing of great price, that they find their response in both parables is the same. And to me, that that actually tells me that that's more the point of these parables. Um, or, or maybe we shouldn't even think of these as two parables, right? Some of the introductory language that we see in when we transition from one parable to another, we don't really see that here. Uh, and if, if we're gonna follow that, actually we would be going to the next parable would also kind of fall into this. But he says the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure. And then in 45 he says, again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls. We're gonna run into something like this later on when we get to like the parable of the lost sheep and the parable of lost coins. Where there are these distinct parables, but they're kind of stacked on top of each other in order to make a specific point. All of the parables that are sort of in these parable stacks are making the same point. And so I think it's not so much about like, how do we find the Kingdom of Heaven or how do we come upon the kingdom of heaven? It's more about what do we do once we've come upon it? Once we've thrown it's, that's the point of the parable that we need to unpack. [00:19:03] Jesse Schwamb: That's right. And I would add to that, like who is it that is the beneficiary of this kingdom? We have two different, very different individuals, which I, again, I think, we'll, we'll talk a little bit about, but I'm totally with you. I, I think it's, it's easier, it's almost too narrow and too easy to say. Well, this is really just about like physical ma or about wealth. Like in some way the, what we're being taught here is that you have to get rid of everything of value in exchange for this. In some ways, that almost feels too transactional, doesn't it? As if like what, what we need to do is really buy the kingdom. We express our seriousness about this kingdom or the rule and reign of God by somehow just giving up everything that we own as if to prove that we're really worthy of receiving that kingdom that we prayed enough. Right. That we've done enough, even though that we're contrite enough. Yeah. And all that stands like in direct opposition to the mercy and grace, which God gives to us through his son by the power of the Holy Spirit to bring us into this kingdom. So we know it can't really be about that. And so that leads me back again to just like the lovely details here. And like you've already said in the first case, here's what really strikes me is. For probably most of us in the West, this idea of treasure is novel and maybe romantic. There's a adventure and an energy to it. Because we've all heard stories about this, whether it's like, I don't know, pirates of the Caribbean or the county Mount Cristo. Like there's something about treasure finding some kind of, or national treasure. Sorry, that just came to my mind. Like I couldn't go any further without mentioning Nick Cage. So you know, like there's something there that pulls us in that finding this thing almost unexpectedly in a hidden place of immense worth and value is, has a real draw to it. But I imagine that in Palestine being like a war torn region in Jesus' day, in the way people might store goods of great value in the fields they own. And then of course the owner may never be able to achieve for lots of reasons, including death. And then somebody might stumble upon it. And as I understand the, the laws there, of course, if you were to stumble upon something. I was in somebody else's property and and on earth that thing take it out of the ground. In this case, you would be by law required to bring that back to the person who owned the field. So there's something interesting here that this first person, probably the more meager and humble of the two with they at least respected, like their socioeconomic status is let's, we could presume maybe going about their normal work. They find this unexpectedly in the field and it's immediately recognized to be something of great value that it is to stop and to, again, there's like a measuring that happens behind the scenes. This person at least is measuring of all the things that I own, all things I could possibly own. The better thing for me to do is to consolidate all the rest of my wealth. And this case, again, it's not the message of the story to do this, it's the exemplification of what's happening here. This person is so sold out to ensure that they acquire this great treasure that they stumbled upon, that they will take literally everything else of value that they own to exchange it for this very thing. So I'm totally with you because I think the predominant message here is not like take all your wealth and make sure that you give it to the church or that it goes to ministry or to missions. That may all be well and good and it may all be the kind of calling that you receive. However, I think the principle message here is the kingdom of God is so valuable that losing everything on earth, but getting the kingdom is a happy trade off. Like that's actually a really, really good deal. And so having the omnipotent saving reign of Christ in our lives is so valuable that if, if we lose everything in order to have it, it would be a joyful sacrifice. [00:22:20] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. And you know, I think, um, I think there is a level of. Encouragement in Sacrifice and Joy in the Kingdom [00:22:27] Tony Arsenal: Sacrifice that happens for every Christian and. I mean, I, I know there's a lot of people who they, uh, come to faith as young children and we've kind of talked about that as like, that's that testimony that, you know, I think everybody really wants is like they wish they never had a time that they didn't know Jesus and Right. I don't know any parent that I've ever spoken to, and I'm certainly not any different here that doesn't want that testimony for Jesus, but, or for, for their kids in their relationship with Jesus. But. I think most people who come to faith at some point in their life when they're able to remember it, like they, they have a conscious memory of their conversion experience. There is this sort of sense of sacrifice and e even a sort of a sense of loss. Um, I think there, there are times where, and, and you know, I think maybe, um, even people who've always been in the faith, um, they probably can resonate with this. I think there are times when we might look at how our lives could have been different or could be different if we weren't in the faith. Um, and, and sometimes there's a sort of wistfulness to that. Like being a Christian can sometimes be difficult right On, um, you know, maybe you miss a promotion opportunity because you're not willing to work on the Lord's day or because you're not willing to do something unethical. Like you, you miss out on some sort of advancement and you think, well, if I could just, you know, if I could have just gotten past that, like my life would be much different. And what this parable teaches us is. That's an understandable, like that's an understandable emotion or response. Um, and there is this weighing of the cost. And in the parable here, he, like you said, there's this calculation that goes on in the background. He finds this treasure, he makes the calculation that to have this treasure is worth. Everything it's worth everything he has. He sells everything he has, and he buys the field in order to get the treasure right. And, and there's some interesting textual dynamics going on through this chapter. We've talked about how the parables kind of like the imagery across the parables in chapter 13 here of Matthew, they kind of flip certain figures around and almost, it's almost intentional because he is getting the treasure and the treasure. The kingdom of heaven here is like the treasure, but he's also getting the field right. And the kingdom of heaven is, is the field in other parables. Um, but this, this calculation that happens, um. I don't know, maybe my heart is just sensitive to this right now. I, I, I, I feel like a lot of times we look at that sort of wis wistful second glance at what could have been if we were not Christians, and we automatically feel like that's gotta be a sinful impulse. Like, how could I ever even consider what life might have been? Like this parable implies that that's the thing we actually have to do. You have to know and consider what it is you've sacrificed or will be sacrificing in order to make this transaction happen. You can't just blanketly say like, oh, of course. You know, you've gotta, you've gotta count the cost, as it were, and then you have to actually make the purchase. So I think we should look at this as a source of encouragement. Um, like I said, I'm not sure why. I feel like maybe there's, maybe there's just a, a. I dunno, I'm feeling a little weird and charismatic right now. I feel like this is something that I definitely need to be saying, like, I feel like someone needs to hear this. Maybe it's just me that needs to hear this. And that's, I'm tricking myself by thinking of someone else. But we are able, as Christians, I think God permits us and in some sense, maybe even expects and commands us to recognize what we have given to be Christians in order that we might realize how much we have gained with that transaction. It's not just this like remorse or regret, um, for the sake of remorse or regret. It's to be able to see how good and how beautiful and how worth it is the kingdom of God, uh, to, to, to claim that. [00:26:23] Jesse Schwamb: I like that there is a great discipline and a great joy in remembering worth and worthiness. So there's gonna be times, like you said, when it's hard and if you look back, look back at the ministry of Jesus, I've often thought that he's like a poor evangelizer from like modern standards. Yeah. Because often people come to him and say things like. I, I wanna be part of the kingdom of God. Well, what do I need to do to enter the kingdom of God? And here you have like a seemingly a willing convert. And he always says things like this, like, you gotta go count the cost. Yeah. Like is, is this worth it to you? Like you have to deny yourself, you have to hate your own father and your mother, and your wife and children, and brothers and sisters, even your own life. Otherwise you cannot be my disciple. And in this kind of language, it's clear that Jesus is saying you fail often. And maybe this goes back like you're saying, Tony, it's like the parable of the soil that you fail to really take into account what it means to follow with full fidelity, to commit yourself in a fully unencumbered way. Are you willing to do that? Are you willing to consider that? And as human beings, we're just not good often at counting costs. We're not good at thinking about opportunity costs. And it's interesting here that we're called out to say, even if you've already purchased the field as so to speak, that as if you've been saved by Christ, to continue to remember how good it is to be in the kingdom of God. And that the joy. Of knowing as like the Heidelberg Catechism says in the first question that all things are subservient to our salvation. Yeah. That incredible worth of, that should be a source of encouragement in times of great trial and tribulation, no matter how big or small, so that this joy that this person has when they go and sells everything he has and he buys this field, you know those details, like you're saying, do press us. It really comes to us with this idea that we should be able to see plainly why having Christ is more valuable than all other things. If the omnipotence all wise, God is ruling, ruling over all things for our joy, then everything must be working for our good, no matter how painful and in the end, God is gonna triumph over all evil and all pain. So this kingdom is a real treasure. Like it is a, it is a real. A real quantity in our life and our wellbeing and in our spiritual consistency, that'll ought demand some reflection of how valuable it truly is. And then knowing that in our minds, that like influencing our behavior, our other thought patterns, and then our actual feelings about stuff. So that when, like you said, we're passed over, we're looked over, we're ridiculed for something, we go back and we count it all joy to be worthy of being part of God's kingdom, knowing that it was because of the entrance and acceptability and the identity in that kingdom that we experience. Those things, those hardships begin with. [00:29:05] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. And, and I, um, I don't want us to miss out on the fact that even as the parable may be encouraging or forcing us to think about. The cost. It, it really is trying to emphasize the great value of the kingdom. Right? Right. We, like I said, we, we don't just count the cost. In order to count the cost for its own sake. We count the cost in order to understand the great blessing that is ours in Christ. Right. All I, I count all that I have as a loss compared to the greatness of Christ Jesus. And, um, I think we just don't often do that. I, I, I think as Christians, that's probably a thought that is in our head more as young Christians, especially if we come to the faith in, in a time in our life where we're aware of things like that. We think about things like that. Reflecting on the Cost of Faith [00:29:59] Tony Arsenal: You know, I was 15 when I first came to faith and, um, I, I don't think I was in a frame of mind as a 15-year-old boy to think about, like. The cost of what I was doing, right? It's not like I was a particularly popular kid. I didn't have a, you know, I didn't, I wasn't unpopular, but it wasn't like I lost a ton of friends when I became a Christian. I didn't really lose anything that was measurable. Um, but I do think that, as, you know, someone now in my forties, looking back at, you know, 15, 20, 25 years of, of Christian life, it's easy to see that things could have been different on a sort of temporal scale. Like my, my life could probably be more comfortable in terms of wealth or opportunities or other things that might, uh, aren't, aren't even bad things necessarily. There is a sense of sacrifice. But again, God has brought us into this kingdom and he's given us parables like this and given us the ability to recognize. That we do have a cost, that there is a cost to be counted in order that we might now look at it and praise him for how great and glorious and valuable the gift that he's given us is. Understanding the Parable of the Pearl [00:31:08] Tony Arsenal: And so I think, you know, I think that's the same basic meaning of this second, second half of the same parable. I guess the, the pearl of great price or the pearl of great value. But it's not exactly the same, right? It's not like Christ is just repeating the same ver, you know, parable with, with different words for variation. Um, every word is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching correction, reproof, and training and righteousness. And I had a, I had a prophet in, uh, in Bible college who would say like, difference means difference. And he was often talking about like minute things, like the difference, um, or why, why is this word used instead of that word? This word would've worked. And, and the author chose that one. There's a reason for that. Difference means difference, but. Christ here chooses to, to tell the parable a second time, um, in a slightly different way. Uh, and Matthew chooses to record these in the same sense next to each other in slightly different ways. So what, what do we, what do we wanna pull out of this second parable that's different and what do we think it's telling us that's a little bit different than the first version Y? [00:32:14] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah, that's a great question. Diverse Approaches to the Kingdom of Heaven [00:32:16] Jesse Schwamb: Uh, I love this idea because not until really, I was thinking about it this week when I read through them, was I really, again, drawn to the differences between these two main characters. Interestingly, I think in both, and we can make the case that the, the treasure, the kingdom of heaven here represented in both this pearl or in this literal treasure is in a way hidden. Certainly the first man is not necessarily looking for, it's still revealed to him, but the second in a way. And on the other hand, he knew this guy knows treasure. He's been seeking it with diligence in vigor, or at least like this is what he does for a living in his vocational career. He's out there trading pearls, presumably, and he knows something about them and how to evaluate them effectively. And so it's his business and he's dedicated himself to finding them. And apparently he's seen plenty of them over the years. But then all of a sudden, and this is wild, the beautiful, all of a sudden, clearly the search comes to like an abrupt end because he finds this one of immeasurable value, so much beauty exceeding and value exceeding all the other ones. And he doesn't need to search anymore. He just finds the one pearl that he can retire on a pearl with more than everything else. Or anything else that he's ever possessed and he gets it again. He does. And this brings him into symbol two with the first man. He does the same thing, then liquidate everything else and go after this one. Great pearl. So to me, and I'm curious your perspective on this, I'm not necessarily promulgating that. Well, the first one is not a seeker and the second one is like a seeker of of God things. Right? There is though, like you said, a difference in their approach and what they're after. And so I think what we can take from this, at the very least, is that there is diversity in these beneficiaries of the kingdom of God that's covering everybody. And just by these two kind of bookended or polar examples, that's what Jesus draws us to. But I would turn the question back to you. What do you think about this second guy? What do you think about the fact that his business is searching after these things? What? What do we take away from that? [00:34:07] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. The Ultimate Value of the Kingdom [00:34:07] Tony Arsenal: And you know, the thing that drop that jumps out to me immediately in the first parable, the kingdom of heaven is, is like the treasure hidden in the field, [00:34:16] Jesse Schwamb: right? [00:34:16] Tony Arsenal: In the second one, the kingdom of heaven is the merchant who's searching, [00:34:20] Jesse Schwamb: right? [00:34:20] Tony Arsenal: Right. The kingdom of heaven is like the merchant in search of fine pearls who finds one. That's right. And so I think that they kind of are like, almost like mirror images of each other, right? One of them is about the treasure and what it takes to come upon it and then obtain it. The second is about the person who is coming upon the treasure and, and finding it. And then what it takes again to obtain that treasure. And I think, I think you're right, there is an element here that. Um, in this second parable, the person who is seeking for this treasure is one he's seeking for the treasure, right? Right. You get the image in this, in this first parable that the dude just kind of stumbles upon it. Um, I've heard this Todd as like, it's actually more like a guy who's just walking through a field rather than like a person working the field. And I'm not sure that matters that much, but there is this sense in the first parable that the guy kind of stumbles upon it. He wasn't looking, it wasn't what he was trying to do, but you're right in the second one, the kingdom of heaven, and this is where I, this is where I think I need to think more about it, is what does it mean for the kingdom of heaven to be like a merchant searching for fine pearls right [00:35:23] Jesse Schwamb: on. [00:35:23] Tony Arsenal: Rather than the pearls being the kingdom of heaven, which is what we see in the first bearable. Um, and I don't know the answer to that question. I think I need to, need to think about it and study it a little bit more. But I do like this distinction that in, in the first case, it's sort of a happy accident. And in the second case, this is, this is the life, this man's life work. He finds he's, he's in search of fine pearls. I'm not sure I know exactly what he's trying to do with the fine pearls. It seems like it implies that he's a pearl merchant or a pearl trader, but then he finds this pearl. He doesn't seek to sell it. He buys it. Right. [00:36:00] Jesse Schwamb: Right. [00:36:00] Tony Arsenal: And, and the, the, the fact that the parable stops with him buying it sort of implies that like. He actually is not going to sell it. He's just gonna keep this pearl. Now before the, the pearls, the, the source of the value of the pearls was kind of in the, the financial gain that selling or trading them could bring. But now he suddenly finds this pearl that is so valuable. It's so great, it's so beautiful. Everything he was working to obtain before all of the money he's gathered by finding and selling pearls in the previous like mode of living. He now gets rid of all of that just to purchase this one pearl and presumably to keep it. And I think that again, is kind of a, kind of a, um, statement on our Christian life is that we, we probably have all sorts of things that we've been doing our whole life and we are seeking to, to move forward in our life. And the kingdom of heaven is kind of the ultimate goal of all of that, for those who are in Christ, for those who are called according to his purpose. The purpose is not just to accumulate wealth. It's not even necessarily, uh, in and of itself to like grow in righteousness. It's to be transformed to the, uh, to the image of God's glory son, for the purpose of making him great, making his name renowned. Right. When we look at that passage in Romans that have kind alluded to, he's, he would transform into the image of Christ so that he might be the first born among many brothers. The Incomparable Worth of Salvation [00:37:24] Tony Arsenal: Ultimately, our, our sanctification and glorification is about making Jesus great and glorified, um, to give him glory, to have our glorification reflect his already intrinsic glory and the gift that he gives us, and I think that's kind of, kind of in play here, is that. Uh, we might have all sorts of goals in our life. We might have goals in our Christian life, um, that are good things that we should strive for, but at the end of the day, all of those things only serve to bring us to the kingdom of heaven, which is this pearl of great price that we, we purchase, we buy it and we just kind of hang onto it. It is its own treasure and it's, it's not about what this, this treasure can bring to us, right? Which is what the fine pearls were before they were about what the merchant can find and sell. It's, it's now about just obtaining the pearl and enjoying that pearl. Um, which I think is a little bit different than, than, um, what I would've thought of with the par before. [00:38:19] Jesse Schwamb: Yeah, I totally agree with you. I think, I think you're actually onto something with the distinction because I think of. So much of my career has been spent in financial services among people who are buyers and sellers of things. They're traders. And the way I read this was very similar to what you were saying to me. What resonated was if this gentleman or this person is. Trading, collecting these pearls. Presumably they have appreciation for the beauty of the pearl itself. So there is like something innate that draws them to this particular thing. And with that experience and with that knowledge and with that, that appreciation of that beauty. I think when they see this other pearl, it moves from, well, why would I ever sell that? I've seen everything. This is the most beautiful pearl I've ever laid my eyes on. And now I want to keep it for me. I want to have it in my possession. I want to cherish it and not just keep it in the inventory and then turn around and sell it for markup, presumably, because there is no nothing that would be of greater value to this person. 'cause they just sold everything else that they had. So they, it's appreciation for the pearl itself. It's going after that finding and seeking that great beauty. And then that led me right into Philippians chapter four, where Paul writes the church in Philippi, beginning of verse eight. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever's honorable, whatever's just whatever's pure, whatever's lovely, whatever's commendable. If there's any excellence, if there. Anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me. Practice these things and the god of peace will be with you. So this idea, like you and I, Tony, have talked about like the world has great wisdom, it has great knowledge, it has things that can lead us by way of common grace into certain amounts of peace. But the pearl of great price, the seeking after the going after all these great things is to find the gospel, to be given the gospel it revealed to you. And then say everything else I count as a loss. Everything else is worthless compared to this thing. And if you're a person that can appreciate even just by turn of mind or God's influence in your life, you know, knowledge and wisdom, and you're seeking after that, which is the ultimate expression and representation of those things, and then you find you come upon this pearl of great price, the gospel wisdom and the beauty of God represented in his son Jesus Christ. And you say, this is it. I, I know enough to know, again, by the regeneration that comes through the spirit, this is the real deal. Then I think the message still stands. We come through two different directions into the same final culminating point, which is there is a condition for having this kingdom of God, for having the king on your side as your friend, but the condition isn't like wealth or power or negotiating or intelligence or even good trading behavior or going out and finding the right thing. The condition is that we prize the kingdom more than anything else we own. The point of selling everything in these parables is to simply show where our hearts are at. And so I often say in my own line of work, that cost only matters in the absence of value. Actually, it's true for everything that we. We presumably spend our time or our money on cost only matters in the absence of value. And I think like you and I could do a fun little experiment where I don't know, you ever talking to somebody about something and you're paying a cost to have that service delivered to you and you're, and you're just like totally worth it, like I would do totally worth it. Like, yeah, that's kind of the vibe I'm getting here. It's like at the end of days when we think about the worthiness of our God, that there's no one like him, that he's unequal, that he has no rival, that the gospel is the sweetest message that we're rescued literally from the pit. We're just say no matter what the cost of us personally, great or small, totally worth it, that that's what we'll be saying for all of eternity as we worship him. [00:41:45] Tony Arsenal: Yeah, and I think even more than saying, totally worth it. I think when we are given our new eyes to see, and we no longer see through a da a glass dimly, we're gonna recognize saying that it was worth, it is is like it's a pale, like it's a faulty answer to begin with because the, for sure the worth of the kingdom of heaven surpasses anything we could imagine. And in our, you know, locked in little meat brains that we have now, we're kind of com we're just comparing it to. You know, like what, what we could have had or what we, what we've given up. Um, it, it's gonna be an incomparable comparison. Like there's no, there's no measure that is satisfying, there's no measure that can actually show us how, how worthwhile it is. And, you know, we've, we've made a point of it, like the, the blessing of salvation and, and really like what it is that we're getting, uh, in, in the. You know, the Christian understanding of salvation, it's not, it's not an eternal destiny. It's not bigger mansions in heaven. It's not freedom from death. All of those things come with it. All of those things are attending gifts. That's right. But what we get in salvation ultimately is we get God we get union with God, we get fellowship with Jesus Christ in the, the power of the Holy Spirit. We, we get swept up into the life of the, the God of the universe. Like the life of the Trinity indwells us. And we, we become a part of that. Uh, not, not in the, you know, like. Eastern Orthodox deification sense, although I think there's a proper way we can talk about deification. Um, but we get swept up into that. We gain the relationship that the son has with the father by nature. We gain that by grace and nothing can compare to that. There's nothing that we could ever point to. Um, it's funny, my, my wife and I, um, this is a little corny, but, um, we'll often say to, to each other instead of saying, I love you more than anything, we'll say, I love you more than everything. Right. And, and it's, it's a way to say like. You could take all that there is in the world, everything that I have that I could possibly consider and sum up the value. And I love my wife more than that. I love my children more than that. So it's not that I love them more than any one thing, it's that I love them more than everything combined. And this is even greater than that, right? We, we will look back at our lives and if, if it's even in our mind, if we even can, can comprehend anymore. The idea of thinking about what it costs us to obtain this pearl of great value, which is the kingdom of heaven, which is just another way to say, is just fellowship with the God of the universe. Um, we'll look at it and say no matter what it was. No matter what it could have been, I would give everything I, I love God more than everything. Right. Right. There's nothing that could ever possibly be considered that even comes close to what we gain in, in Christ Jesus, in union with, with God. And I think that's the point of this, like I think the guy who, um. Christ's Perfect Sacrifice and Our Response [00:44:58] Tony Arsenal: I think about what it would take for me to even like to sell everything, like the concept of selling everything I own. I'm not even sure how I would do that, to be honest with you. Like, I don't even know the mechanism for that kind of thing. But the idea that there's anything that could be valuable enough that I would just sell every piece of human property that I have, there's probably nothing like that in this world. Like, there probably isn't. And to, to take that comparison and then basically say like, that's just what the kingdom of God is like. 'cause that's the other thing I think we miss about parables is you, you only make a comparison when you can't describe something, um, analytically, right? There's the difference between analogically and analytically Ana lot analytically means we're able to actually quantify and explain it kind of in strict terms, right? I can, I can say that, um, uh, a heavy object ways, X number of grams or it, you know, or, um. Pounds or whatever. I can, I can measure that and make an analytical statement, or I can make an analogy, an analogy that is comparative. Uh, but by definition, or almost by by nature of the thing, when you make that comparison, you're kind of saying like, not only is it like this, but it's actually it, like it's more like this than I can even describe. Right? So when we're talking about the kingdom of Heaven here, and we say it's, it's like, it's like a man who goes, he finds a treasure and then he sells everything. He has to get that treasure. It's infinitely more like that than it actually can be described. Does that make sense? I feel like I'm rambling on that a little bit. Maybe trying to describe something that can't be described is, is hard to do. [00:46:35] Jesse Schwamb: It's, that's, yeah. But yeah, that's, that's very difficult to do. I'm actually totally with you on this. I think I understand clearly what you mean, this idea that no matter how hard we actually try to value it, we'll be incapable of doing so. Yes. And at best, it almost seems like this is a strange command in a way because it's, it's asking us to do in some ways a thing that is impossible for us to do. However, I think what you're saying is it doesn't mean that we shouldn't turn our minds toward that. We're a bit like people who, I don't know if this show is still on PBS, but like, do you know that show, remember that show The Antiques Road Show? Yeah. Where people would like come, they'd ran ransack their homes or their garages with these old antique items and they bring them to this road show where there'd be experts who would value them. And inevitably we'll be like those people who come with what we think is like a. A thousand dollars clock that we got at a garage sale thinking, wouldn't it be great? I know this is valuable. It's probably a thousand dollars. It'll be, look at the return, tenfold return, I'll get on this item, and then instead finding that it's worth $10 million when it's appraised. Yeah, I assume it'll be just like that in the Beautific vision that even maybe for all of eternity will be growing in our appreciation for just how valuable this great salvation is. And yet at the same time, I think what this should encourage us to do is to pray things like God make us real in seeing and savoring Christ in his saving work above all the other things. Yeah. So that, as you said in your example, we would cherish him above everything, above all things that you have that right place in our hearts or that we be inclined to undertake that posture, which says, God, though I cannot understand it in full. Would you help me to see that? Encouragement in Our Spiritual Journey [00:48:08] Jesse Schwamb: And I wanna just say like, as a word of encouragement, maybe I'm speaking more to myself here so everybody else can disregard this if you like, but I think sometimes there can be a little bit of intimidation then when you hear these things and say like, ah, I'm just not, I just dunno if I love God enough, like I wanna love him, or I want to want to love him more. And I think even that posture is appropriate. Yeah. Sometimes there, oftentimes in my personal life, I'll pray something like, God, help me to know how much you love me and would you give me the strength to love you back? So that even that awareness, that energy, that volition, that vitality, that, that heat, all of that, that fire itself is kindled by the Holy Spirit. It's not like we need to like try to again manufacture here. Because the point of these, these stories is not again, that we just find the means to do a transactional exchange here, but that instead we really just sit in the full promises of God. And of course to that, I would say we always need to go back to, to something like Romans eight. I mean, I know that we should, like you said, Tony, the. The standard description we give for the Bible is the one that gives itself, which is that all of it, all of it's is carried along by the Holy Spirit. All of it is God breathe. All of it is useful for something. And yet, of course, I say somewhat tongue in cheek that, you know, if I have 10 minutes to live, I'm probably not gonna the s descriptions of reading a genealogy, I'm going straight from Roman and say, Romans say, I think it's just like the pinnacle of the scriptures. And so just a couple of verses at the end there, because I think this is, this is leading us into what is this great treasure? What is the kingdom of God? Why do we value it so much? What is the saving power? And uh, these verses, I mean, always just entirely get me ready to run through a wall. So this is the end of, of Romans eight beginning verse 35. Who shall separate us from the law of Christ? Shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword as it is written for your sake. We are being killed all the day long. We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered. No. In all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us for I'm sure that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from a love of God in Christ Jesus, our Lord. [00:50:22] Tony Arsenal: Yeah. Yeah. That's, that's a good word. And I, I, I like what you're saying too, is, is I think we, we can. There's this paradoxical thing that happens when the scriptures is trying to encourage us to do something, is we often like to get our, in our own way. And, and actually that becomes a source of discouragement for us. The Bible calls us to something and we know we can't live up to it. And that's actually like part and parcel of, of reform theology to recognize that this is law, like the, the, the, the, you know, maybe not in like the strict sense, like when we talk about dividing the scripture into law and gospel, um. It may not be that this particular passage would fall under that rubric of law normally, but this idea that we need to count the cost and that we need to be treasuring Christ more and more, and then when we feel like I'm just not getting it. I'm just not there. Like, I don't, I don't treasure Christ as much as I so should. Um, that Yeah, that's right. Nobody does. Nobody can, like, that's, that's kind of the point of this, and that's why it's law is it's, it shouldn't drive you in Christ. It should not drive you to despair. Right. It should not drive you to discouragement. It should drive you to gratitude that God saved you anyways. That, that this pearl of great value is still yours even though you can't possibly deserve it. Um, you know, we're, we're a little bit different than the, the merchant and the man who finds the treasure in the field in that we can't sell everything we have and obtain it like they have the ability to do that in the, in the parables. Right. Um, we, we don't, and we never will. And so rather than let that drive you to being discouraged that like you're just not getting. I recognize God is of infinite value and we are finite creatures. So we, we could, uh, value God perfectly. Like whatever that means, and I don't even know what that means, but we could value and cherish and love God perfectly as far as our capacities are concerned, and it still would not be enough to sufficiently merit God's favor for us. Like as much as we can, even in, even in eternity. As much as we can value and worship and love and praise Jesus, he is worth infinitely more than we could ever give, even when we do it perfectly. And this is, this is why you know Christ coming to die, to live on our behalf, to die in our place. Why that's necessary is because only this is a, maybe a different take on it. We, I think we talk a lot about how, um. Only God could, could carry, bear the wrath of God and not be destroyed. Right. Right. Only God could, um, could stand up under his own wrath, could stand up under the wrath of God and bear that punishment and not be destroyed. And so therefore, um, Christ had to be not just a man, but had to be God. But on the flip side. And God requires perfect perpetual obedience, which involves loving the Lord your God, perfectly with your whole heart at all times. Right? Only God can do that too. So it's not just that God. It's not just that G

Are algorithm-driven bubbles and online debates hindering your faith? This week on Remnant Radio, we're offering a roadmap for escaping echo chambers and cultivating true Christian unity. Matt Whitman with The Ten Minute Bible Hour shares his expertise on church history, Scripture, and charitable dialogue, empowering you to engage with diverse viewpoints while remaining grounded in gospel truth. Learn how to build resilience against fleeting doctrines and embrace the beauty of the body of Christ.We discuss cage-stage zeal, the translatable power of the gospel across cultures, and how vast Bible reading—coupled with insights on topics like the atonement, free will, spiritual warfare, and end times discussions—builds resilience against fleeting doctrines. Matt opens up about his journey from overconfidence to humility, emphasizing convictional unity that honors disagreements while prioritizing gospel truth for every tribe and nation.0:00 – Introduction 1:03 – Guest Matt Whitman's Ministry and Bible Podcast Overview4:07 – Passion for Breaking Theological Echo Chambers7:41 – Drivers of Online Tension and Christian Tribalism12:20 – Finding Good Christian Content and Humility Journey15:48 – Owning Theological Opinions and Seminary Humbling Experience25:03 – Algorithms Shaping Christian Conversations28:04 – Psychological Insecurities and Theological Unity34:09 – Historical Echo Chambers vs Modern Information Access38:42 – Net Benefits of Information and Atonement Debates50:52 – Deep Bible Reading and Theology vs Hot Takes1:05:14 – Closing RemarksABOUT THE GUEST:PODCAST:  https://www.youtube.com/@MattWhitmanTMBHBOOK: https://a.co/d/dLFpN9WSubscribe to The Remnant Radio newsletter and receive our FREE introduction to spiritual gifts eBook. Plus, get access to: discounts, news about upcoming shows, courses and conferences - and more. Subscribe now at TheRemnantRadio.com.Support the showABOUT THE REMNANT RADIO:

Tim and Brady are joined by Matt Whitman. Who knows him better, his wife or his podcast co-host? Plus some podcast ideas from Matt himself.Catch the Tim and Brady version (with their wives) here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/138484227Special thanks to Camilla and Destin for helping out with this episode.Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/unmadeFMJoin the discussion of this episode on our subreddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/Unmade_Podcast/Catch the podcast on YouTube where we often include accompanying videos and pictures - https://www.youtube.com/@unmadepodcastUSEFUL LINKSMatt Whitman's Ten Minute Bible Hour - https://www.thetmbh.com/No Dumb Questions - https://www.nodumbquestions.fm/Matt's YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@MattWhitmanTMBHMr and Mrs (game show) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_and_Mrs_(game_show)The places Brady visited on Route 366 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/eastmidlandstoday/content/articles/2008/04/30/route366_location_list.shtmlCatch the bonus Request Room episode - https://www.patreon.com/posts/138484227

In this episode, Dr. Dru Johnson sits down with Matt Whitman, host of The Ten Minute Bible Hour, to explore why so many Christians—and skeptics—struggle with Scripture. Whitman shares what he's learned from engaging millions online: people are often afraid to be wrong, shaped by graceless experiences in church and cancel culture in the wider world. The solution? Modeling curiosity, empathy, and intellectual humility. Whitman opens up about his own faith journey, the impact of church hurt, and why he makes space for disagreement and exploration in his content. From deconstructing popular biblical themes to highlighting the beauty of traditions outside his own, Matt argues that deep scriptural engagement thrives in environments where it's okay not to have all the answers. Together, Dru and Matt delve into themes like biblical coherence, the importance of interpretive grace, and what it means to approach the Bible not as experts, but as learners. Their conversation models the very ethos they preach: thoughtful, generous dialogue rooted in the belief that God's grace extends to our minds—not just our sins. For More of Matt Whitman and the Ten Minute Bible Hour: https://www.youtube.com/@UC3vIOVJiXigzVDA2TYqaa0Q https://www.facebook.com/thetenminutebiblehour https://www.instagram.com/tenminutebiblehour https://www.twitter.com/MattWhitmanTMBH https://www.threads.com/@mattwhitmantmbh We are listener supported. Give to the cause here: https://hebraicthought.org/give For more articles: https://thebiblicalmind.org/ Social Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HebraicThought Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hebraicthought Threads: https://www.threads.net/hebraicthought X: https://www.twitter.com/HebraicThought Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/hebraicthought.org Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:54 Resistance to the Bible and Church Experiences 04:57 Cultural Resistance and Historical Context 07:44 Navigating Hurt and Church Experiences 10:56 Empathy and Understanding in Conversations 14:21 Normalizing Being Wrong 17:20 Internal Cohesion in Christianity 25:38 Universal Themes in the Bible 32:44 Navigating Biblical Interpretation and Truth 35:43 The Complexity of Biblical Truth 37:55 The Pressure of Pastoral Performance 42:14 The Challenge of Authenticity in Teaching 45:32 Modeling Intellectual Grace and Humility 49:40 Creating a Gracious Learning Environment 53:16 The Nature of Knowledge and Learning in Faith

In this new series, we're joined by Matt Whitman of the Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast to explore Storytelling & Scripture!! In Part 1, we discuss storytelling, “perfect” movies, and what makes a film compelling. You won't want to miss this one! Watch the episode here. The first episode of this series is available to the public; the next 3 episodes will release every Thursday in November and are exclusive content for our Premium Seating tier of Patreon Supporters. To hear the rest, go to www.Patreon.com/PopcornTheology and become a Patron Saint. Your support is greatly appreciated! To hear more of Matt Whitman, check out: The Ten Minute Bible Hour -  https://www.thetmbh.com/tmbh No Dumb Questions - https://www.thetmbh.com/no-dumb-questions Matt's Youtube Channel - https://www.thetmbh.com/the-matt-whitman-yt-channel Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and click the notification bell. Follow & connect: https://linktr.ee/popcorntheology Support: https://www.patreon.com/popcorntheology  #MattWhitman #TenMinuteBibleHour #NoDumbQuestions #Storytelling #InTheLobby #ChristianPodcasts #MoviePodcasts #YouAreNotAMindlessConsumer #MovieDiscussion #FilmCriticism #MovieReview #FilmReview #FilmDiscussion #MovieExplanation #FilmAnalysis #CharacterAnalysis #MovieExplanation #MovieAnalysis #MovieReaction #reformedtheology #medialiteracy Music by Ross Bugden: https://youtu.be/Bln0BEv5AJ0?si=vZx_YiHK3hNxaETAI  

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154 - Over 3 years ago when Jesus opened our eyes and we decided to read the Bible, we struggled with what translation. In this video we share the first few Bibles we had and the new ones we got recently. ♡ If you enjoy our content, please consider helping support our channel - here are 2 ways: ♡ https://www.buymeacoffee.com/loriandmichelle ♡ https://loriandmichelle.locals.com (Locals allows you to join our community for a small donation where you'll receive access to bonus material and exclusive content.) We appreciate any and all support as it helps keeps us going and able to produce content for you. Thank you. Bibles we have - for the exact links you can use our Amazon store link (we receive a small commission, thank you for the support) https://www.amazon.com/shop/loriandmichelle CSB Apologetics Study Bible for Students, Blue Trade Paper, Black Letter, Defend Your Faith - By Dr Sean McDowell, CSB Bibles by Holman NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible Hardcover - by Zondervan, Craig Keener, John Walton The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament - Craig Keener NLT Reflections Bible ( Ocean Blue) by Tyndale NKJV Giant Print Reference Bible by Holman CSB She Reads Truth Bible, Wide Margins Bible tabs: Tabbies Rainbow Bible Indexing Tabs Purple Decorative Bible Tabs Other things mentioned: 10 minute Bible hour - Matt Whitman https://www.youtube.com/@MattWhitmanTMBH Legacy Standard Bible, Large Print Wide Margin - https://316publishing.com/collections/lsb/products/lsb-large-print-wide-margin-hardcover Kings Folk company - where we Lori got the sticker and tabs for her LSB - https://www.kingfolkco.com ♡ Give this video a like, comment, share the video and subscribe to our channel. //MORE EPISODES// Our testimony back to Jesus from LOA| new age Our Bibles and worship playlist How we mark, highlight, & study our Bibles - Changing how we read the Bible Chiasms | I am statements in John | Reading the Bible better #biblestudy #bibletalk #newagetojesus KEEP UP WITH US: ♡ Youtube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@loriandmichelle ♡ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loriandmichelle ♡ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/purelytwins ♡ Blog: https://purelytwins.com/ ♡ Rumble: Lori and Michelle ♡ Our Podcast: Lori and Michelle Podcast Spotify -https://open.spotify.com/show/2vywzqtDiLhPEudJBMSsy1  Bible study with us: ♡ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sistersandthebible/ ♡ Our Podcast: Sister and the Bible Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2h6KoMUBT8RELAWqpBPGjl ♡ Rumble: sisters and the Bible Songs from Epidemic Sound. We appreciate any and all support as it helps keeps us going and able to produce content for you. Thank you. Disclaimer: Please remember this is our first time reading and studying the Bible, so we don't know everything and we will continue to learn and grow. We do our best to speak God's truth. Here to encourage you to read and study God's word. Purelytwins, Lori and Michelle, will not be responsible or liable for any injury or harm you sustain as a result of our videos and information. This video is for informational purposes only and the author does not accept any responsibility for any liabilities. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transcribed, , in any form, without the written permission and signature of the author. We are not Bible scholars, pastors, or teachers. We are sharing what learn from reading and studying the Bible for the first time. Thanks for your understanding and for your support. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lm-podcast/support

On this episode, Keith welcomes the dynamic duo of denominational podcasts to discuss a trend in online Christian discourse. Matt Whitman of the Ten Minute Bible Hour and Redeemed Zoomer have both interacted with leaders from several groups and share their experience and opinions on the subject of why young men seem to be attracted to the traditions and institutions of Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy. Check out the channels of today's guests at https://www.youtube.com/@UC3vIOVJiXigzVDA2TYqaa0Q https://www.youtube.com/@redeemedzoomer6053 Questions and ideas for future shows, contact us at KeithFoskey.com Check out our shirts and hats: https://yourcalvinist.creator-spring.com If you need a great website, check out fellowshipstudios.com Check out TinyBibles.com and use the coupon code Keith for a discount. Support the Show: buymeacoffee.com/Yourcalvinist SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OUR SHOW SUPPORTERS!!! Contributors: Duane Hankinator Mary Williams Luca Eickoff @zedek73 David S Rockey Jay Ben J Several “Someones” Monthly Supporters: Amber Sumner Frank e herb Phil Deb Horton JimP

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On this week's show, Keith welcomes Matt Whitman (Ten minute Bible Hour) to discuss theology, denominations, and what Matt calls "convictional unity". You can find Matt and his content at the following links: Website: tmbh.com Youtube.com/@mattwhitmantmbh   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6WUAPaO... SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OUR SHOW SUPPORTERS!!! Support the Show: buymeacoffee.com/Yourcalvinist Contributors: Duane Hankinator Mary Williams Luca Eickoff @zedek73 David S Rockey Jay Ben J Several “Someones” Monthly Supporters: Amber Sumner Frank e herb Phil Deb Horton Buy our shirts and hats: https://yourcalvinist.creator-spring.com Visit us at KeithFoskey.com If you need a great website, check out fellowshipstudios.com Need cigars? Visit 1689cigars.com and use the coupon code: SuperiorTheology

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What happens when a pastor/theologian loses his faith? Matt Whitman, host of the Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast, sits down with Rebecca Carrell and Liz Rodriguez to talk about the massive cultural shifts of the last few decades, how they disassembled his faith, and how the Lord put it back together. If you've found faith tricky, if you wrestle with doubt, if faith feels complicated, then this show is for you.Find out more about Matt Whitman and enjoy his content at https://www.thetmbh.com/ ,https://www.facebook.com/thetenminutebiblehour , and @theTMBHWe love hugs! And when you rate, review, and share Honestly, Though on Apple Podcasts (and all podcast platforms), we see it immediately, and it feels just like a big, warm hug. Thank you in advance for taking an extra moment to make sure others find us in the algorithms. And speaking of finding us...Honestly, Though: @honestlythoughthepodcast (FB & IG(Rebecca Carrell: https://www.rebeccacarrell.com/ ; IG - @RebeccaCarrell ; Twitter: @RebeccaACarrell ; FB - Rebecca Ashbrook CarrellLiz Rodriguez: IG: @lizannrodriguez ; FB - Liz Rodriguez - https://www.facebook.com/liz.rodriguez.92775Nika Spaulding: stjudeoakcliff.org ; IG - @NikaAdidas ; Twitter - @NikaAdidasWe have the world's best producer! Are you interested in podcasting? Do you know someone who is? Taylor Standridge can help with audio engineering, production, editing, show mapping, and coaching. Connect with Taylor at taylorstandridge1@gmail.com or on Twitter: @TBStandridge

In this episode of Haunted Cosmos, Brian and Ben continue Season Two by beginning our introductory series on Bigfoot! It is a phenomenon that has captured the imagination and fears of man for all of history. In Part I we ask, is there such a thing as an as yet undiscovered species of animal called Bigfoot? This episode of Haunted Cosmos is sponsored by our friends at The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast, great project hosted by Matt Whitman.  Visit them at www.thetmbh.com online.This episode is also sponsored by Private Family Banking Partners. Email them at:  chuck@privatefamilybanking.com — For a free book go to: www.protectyourmoneynow.net—or if you want to make an appointment to talk to a wealth advisor click on the calendar link here: https://calendly.com/familybankingnow/30min.This episode is also sponsored by Bible Discovery Television. Check them out at their website here.This episode is also sponsored by Right Response Ministries. Visit their website here and sign up for their conference here!This episode is also sponsored by Squirrelly Joe's Coffee.Visit their website here to purchase your first bag! Share Coffee. Serve Humbly. Live faithfully. Did you know that supporters of the show at our Sasquatch Photographer Tier and above (yes, that is its actual name) can listen to entire episodes early and ad free? That's right! And that's not all: Patrons at every level gain access to our patron-exclusive show, The Dusty Tome, with bonus stories, Q+A, and more.Support the show

In this episode of Haunted Cosmos, Brian and Ben continue Season Two by exploring the many stories of mystery and woe surrounding the infamous Bermuda Triangle. Join us on this epic voyage in a dark place of the world. This episode of Haunted Cosmos is sponsored by our friends at The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast, great project hosted by Matt Whitman.  Visit them at www.thetmbh.com online.This episode is also sponsored by Private Family Banking Partners. Email them at:  chuck@privatefamilybanking.com — For a free book go to: www.protectyourmoneynow.net —or if you want to make an appointment to talk to a wealth advisor click on the calendar link here: https://calendly.com/familybankingnow/30min.This episode is also sponsored by Bible Discovery Television. Check them out at their website here.This episode is also sponsored by Right Response Ministries. Visit their website here and sign up for their conference here!This episode is also sponsored by TinyBibles.com. Visit their website here and get a great gift for yourself, your kids, your pastor, or any other loved one!Did you know that supporters of the show at our Sasquatch Photographer Tier and above (yes, that is its actual name) can listen to entire episodes early and ad free? That's right! And that's not all: Patrons at every level gain access to our patron-exclusive show, The Dusty Tome, with bonus stories, Q+A, and more.Support the show

In this episode of Haunted Cosmos, Brian and Ben continue Season Two (gm) with a close look at the good guys—the fiery servants of our Lord who minister to his saints. Join us in this detailed look at the angelic hosts of the Most High God.This episode of Haunted Cosmos is sponsored by our friends at The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast, great project hosted by Matt Whitman.  Visit them at www.thetmbh.com online.This episode is also sponsored by Private Family Banking Partners. Email them at:  chuck@privatefamilybanking.com — For a free book go to: www.protectyourmoneynow.net —or if you want to make an appointment to talk to a wealth advisor click on the calendar link here: https://calendly.com/familybankingnow/30min.This episode is also sponsored by Bible Discovery Television. Check them out at their website here.This episode is also sponsored by Right Response Ministries. Visit their website here and sign up for their conference here!Did you know that supporters of the show at our Sasquatch Photographer Tier and above (yes, that is its actual name) can listen to entire episodes early and ad free? That's right! And that's not all: Patrons at every level gain access to our patron-exclusive show, The Dusty Tome, with bonus stories, Q+A, and more.Support the show

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Original long-form Episode 0.6: https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-urzyw-e3217b 0.6 Supplemental-- Literally A Detailed Description of the Gates of Jerusalem and Who Fixed Them in the Time of Nehemiah: https://popeularhistory.podbean.com/e/06a-literally-a-detailed-description-of-the-gates-of-jerusalem-and-who-fixed-them-in-the-time-of-nehemiah/ Press Conference After Daniel Didn't Get Eaten By Lions (by Matt Whitman): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epQwG-FybZY   IMAGE CRED: This episode's image is from Wikipedia since they're pretty chill about image-sharing as long as I credit them and I don't have time to go creating a new image-permission request every day, I've got stuff to talk about. Also, yes, I, a degreed librarian, consult Wikipedia during my research as they are generally a solid aggregator of resources. You have my permission to consult Wikipedia as well, just remember they are not a source in their own right or else citogenesis may occur (P.S. Randall Munroe is a treasure). Daniel in the Lions' Den (Dan. 6:11-29), Gustave Doré. Doré's English Bible, 1866. Via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:131.Daniel_in_the_Lions%27_Den.jpg 

In this episode of Haunted Cosmos, Brian and Ben end Season 1 (sad) with a barn-burner of an episode(!!) on alien abductions—asking the key question you should be asking when you hear these stories: Are aliens truly extraterrestrial and physical creatures, or something else?This episode of Haunted Cosmos is sponsored by our friends at The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast, great project hosted by Matt Whitman. His passion for God's Word has driven him to release an episode every weekday morning—that's right, every weekday morning—where he goes through whole books of the Bible in digestible single-episode summaries or multiple-episode series. Visit them at www.thetmbh.com online.This episode is also sponsored by Private Family Banking Partners.If you want to know more, click the link below to receive a free copy of the book:"Protect Your Money Now - Build Multi-Generational Wealth and Avoid Stock Market Volatility and the Coming Bank Meltdown" go to http://protectyourmoneynow.net.You can also contact Private Family Banking Partners directly at: banking@privatefamilybanking.com.Or of you want to make an appointment to talk to a wealth advisor click on the calendar link here:https://calendly.com/familybankingnow/30min.This episode is also sponsored by Squirrelly Joe's Coffee.Visit their website here to purchase your first bag! Share Coffee. Serve Humbly. Live faithfully. Did you know that supporters of the show at our Sasquatch Photographer tier and above (yes, that is it's actual name) can listen to the entirety of Season 1—that's right, all ten episodes—right now? That's right! And that's not all: Patrons at every level gain access to our patron-exclusive show, The Dusty Tome, with bonus stories, Q+A, and more. Sign up here!Support the showSupport the show

In this episode of Haunted Cosmos, Brian and Ben close out our three-part look at Skinwalker Ranch—the Northern Utah ranch that has been called the Disneyland of paranormal activity—with a look into the current era of research under the ownership of enigmatic real estate tycoon Brandon Fugal.This episode of Haunted Cosmos is sponsored by our friends at The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast, great project hosted by Matt Whitman. His passion for God's Word has driven him to release an episode every weekday morning—that's right, every weekday morning—where he goes through whole books of the Bible in digestible single-episode summaries or multiple-episode series. Visit them at www.thetmbh.com online.This episode is also sponsored by The Psalms Project,  an ambitious project from musician, songwriter, singer, and producer Shane Heilman seeking to put every Psalm in its entirety to music—including the essential meaning of every verse—in a marriage of King David's vision with modern music. Visit them at www.thepsalmsproject.com online.Did you know that supporters of the show at our Sasquatch Photographer tier and above (yes, that is it's actual name) can listen to the entirety of Season 1—that's right, all ten episodes—right now? That's right! And that's not all: Patrons at every level gain access to our patron-exclusive show, The Dusty Tome, with bonus stories, Q+A, and more. Sign up here!Support the show

In this episode of the Libertarian Christian Podcast, our guest is Matt Whitman, who hosts the 10-Minute Bible Hour and the Ironwood Rhino podcasts. He is a classical liberal, an ordained minister, and a committed husband and father. He's a student of History and the Humanities. He's also the co-host of No Dumb Questions, where he and Destin Sanlon, the other host and creator of the Smarter Every Day YouTube channel, discuss their different views on a wide range of topics, from science and engineering to our current connection with history. They begin by discussing the history of the relationship between the individual and the collective in different nations. Matt talks about how ancient civilizations built upon one another but ultimately had oppressive regimes, while the Persians realized that citizens' devotion was expedient for the service of the great king and therefore stressed the importance of tolerance. The Romans introduced a legal standard to ensure tolerance where they thought possible and the authority of the state where desired to keep control. However, Whitman argues that Persia has been misunderstood as an Eastern power when it was a forward-thinking culture that had a significant impact when it came into contact with Greece. The two then address the Bible's passages, such as Romans 13, that seem to advocate for submitting to the government's authority, arguing that a negative hermeneutic should be used to understand these passages in context with the rest of the Bible. They also discuss Paul's letter to the Roman church and how he cleverly wrote about the ideal government. The idea of Christian nationalism is discussed, as well as the dangers of mingling state power with faith. Both Matts believe in a more voluntary role for the state in promoting justice. They also discuss the dangers of using authoritarian tactics to combat authoritarianism, citing historical and biblical lessons. Whitman shares his personal journey from Christianity to atheism and back to Christianity, explaining that it was based on philosophical and epistemological reasons, rather than anger towards God or others. He then emphasizes the importance of patience and tolerance in one's personal life and in politics as a libertarian. The discussion concludes with a discussion of Whitman's work visiting churches and attempting to bring people together. Audio Production by Podsworth Media - https://podsworth.com 

Talking about giving in church is always a loaded conversation, with several ways for people to walk away feeling guilted or offended. Colorado Cmmunity Church, in Aurora, CO has a  plan they call 5+5 that leaves people excited about the topic. At the core, their approach is deeply spiritual, and gives people a ton of personal choice and responsibility. I'm very grateful to Robert Gelinas, their Lead Pastor, for joining me to share how it works! Know someone who prefers their podcasts on YouTube? Consider sharing the Good Ideas for Churches YouTube Channel with them. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Social media is the chief discipler of our age, and it isn't even close. Chris Martin has spent the last 10 years managing 100s of social media accounts for large Christian publishers. This has given him a unique window into how these platforms have a negative impact on people. He's also written two books on the topic, as well as a regular newsletter on substack. His first book is Terms of Service. His substack is under the same name. And his newly released The Wolf in Their Pockets is written specifically for Christian leaders to help them overcome the all-pervasive power of social media on the people they lead and love. I'd love it if you'd consider subscribing to the Good Ideas for Churches YouTube Channel. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Team Preaching typically is the territory of larger churches with a larg staff. But it can work in a small church too, and brings a lot of benefits beyond just sharing the load. I'm joined in this episode by Eric Hoke. Eric is a co-vocational pastor who works on wall street in addition to pastoring. This is Eric's story of how he set up a preaching team for his fresh-out-of-the-box church plant in the Bronx. He also has an incredible ministry to pastors with a coaching business. Eric specializes in helping pastors find additional work, or transitioning to a career in business. You can contact him from his website at https://www.ihelpastorsgetjobs.com/home.   I'd love it if you'd consider subscribing to the Good Ideas for Churches YouTube Channel. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

This is another classic Post Rhetoric throwback, which has been recently unearthed byway of technology. Enjoy it until we delete it forever again! 

How do you help someone heal, and continue to trust God when they've experienced unthinkable trauma? I learned so much from this conversation with Jennifer Greenberg, and hearing explain her own process of healing. Her book, Not Forsaken: A Story of Life After Abuse: How Faith Brought One Woman from Victim to Survivor, is a great resource for someone who has been abused, or for a leader who might be looking for a starting point to help someone. She also has a great, free resource for church leaders at her website. You can download her Not Forsaken: A Shepherd's Guide here. She's also a musician, and you can find her music here as well, or wherever you stream. I'd love it if you'd consider subscribing to the Good Ideas for Churches YouTube Channel. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

This is the story of how a church in GA did some self-examination during Covid shutdown, and came back with a radically different minsitry. In the process, they made some important discoveries about who they wanted to be, and found a lot of benefits they didn't see coming. Special thanks to Madison Tompkins, the 1-Service Church evangelist, and Lead Pastor Justin McTeer of His Hands Church in Woodstack, GA for sharing their story with me! Crowdsource requests: If your church has started a second-language service, I'd love to hear from you. Hit me with your best Easter outreach ideas so we can all steal them. I'd love it if you'd consider subscribing to the Good Ideas for Churches YouTube Channel. This episode will have bonus content, hearing directly from Madison, the Youth Pastor at His Hands about how this benefited the youth ministry specifically. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.  

Supporting police has become a controversial idea in the US. Some communities, for good reason, have lost faith in the institution because some officers have abused their trust. Many others are trying to do good in a system that's broken, and face incredible pressures. All of it invites the question: What could we do to make it better? This episode provides a first step toward something that could help. Spoiler: I think it applies to any area of ministry. My guest is Jared Altic, who is a Full Time pastor, but also volunteers as a police chaplain in Kansas City, MO. Jared also hosts the Hey Chaplain podcast. Burner phone re-upped for another 30 days! Have a question or just want to connect? I'd love to hear from you. Feel free to give me a call and I'll do my best to pick up during normal business hours, US Mountain Time. New number is (605) 484-4146. I'd love it if you'd consider subscribing to the Good Ideas for Churches YouTube Channel. It'll be all the same episodes, with occasional bonus content, as well as a place to leave comments. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Is watching a sermon on my phone the same as going to church? Does the device change the message in any way? Shouldn't we be utilizing these devices to reach & connect with people? Smartphones and the internet aren't going away, & every ministry needs to wrestle with these questions.  Now a classic, Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, has a lot of wisdom for the world we find ourselves in today. My guest is Dr. Arthur Hunt, a retired Professor of Mass Media & Communications, and an expert in Postman's ideas. One organization has even created a Postman Pledge for those who would like to take an extra step in putting the concepts into real life! Burner phone re-upped for another 30 days. Have a question or just want to connect? I'd love to hear from you. Feel free to give me a call and I'll do my best to pick up during normal business hours, US Mountain Time. New number is (605) 484-4146. I'd love it if you'd consider subscribing to the Good Ideas for Churches YouTube Channel. It'll be all the same episodes, with occasional bonus content, as well as a place to leave comments. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Spiritual Formation: How does it differ from discipleship & and how can we think intentionally about the habits that shape us? This concepts means something different to anyone you ask. But I guarantee it is something that is happening to all of us. In this episode I'm joined by Rev. William Mack III to explore the idea and consider how we might think about our partnership with the Holy Spirit a little differently. “Mack” is credentialed as a Spiritual Director, and serves as the Director of Pastoral Care with Rooted Ministries – a resource to help pastors know the love of God and stay mentally healthy. Some Resources on Spiritual Formation: Two books by Dallas Willard have been very helpful for me, Renovation of the Heart, and the first few chapters of The Spirit of the Disciplines.  “Renovation” was also converted to be slightly more accessible in this book. Two books recommended by Mack: Renovated: God, Dallas Willard, and the Church that Transforms, by Jim Wilder; Anatomy of the Soul, by Curt Thompson Donald Whitney has also written some very good titles: Praying the Bible, & Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. I'd love it if you'd consider subscribing to the Good Ideas for Churches YouTube Channel. It'll be all the same episodes, with occasional bonus content, as well as a place to leave comments. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Matt Whitman and Avi Gordon discuss getting introduced to Yoga, imposter syndrome, complacency, the gift of life and being vulnerable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can churches better support their missionaries? What would your missionary want to say to you if they felt they could? How can we support kids who have grown up in a missions context, and now feel displaced back ‘home?' In this episode I talk with Alan Steier. He and his wife Judy work fulltime with Barnabas International to provide spiritual and emotional care and support to a flock of 100 missionaries in Japan. He's spent years as a missionary, and serving missionaries and has invaluable wisdom on how churches can better serve and partner with the missionaries they support financially. Bonus: I want to connect with you! For the month of December (through Dec. 21) I have a spare number and I'd love to hear from you - (605) 484-0735. If you call during business hours, U. S. Mountain time I'll do my best to pick up. Let's have some fun! I'd love it it you all would subscribe to the Good Ideas for Churches YouTube Channel. It'll be all the same episodes, with occasional bonus content, as well as a place to leave comments. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Not all of us will be church planters, but we all need to shift our mindset to thinking like church planters. In the post-Christian west, fewer and fewer people have a context for Christian terms and meaning. My guest, Nathan Dean planted and served a church in downtown Atlanta for 12 years. He and his wife were very successful in explaining the Christian life in ways that were not just clear, but appealing. They're now planting Blue Mountain Church in Blairsville, GA. He's also written "The Song: The Story of Our Hope and Rescue," a picture book, to explain the biblical story to beginning readers. Bonus: I want to connect with you! For the next 30 days (through Dec. 21) I have a spare number and I'd love to hear from you - (605) 484-0735. If you call during business hours, U. S. Mountain time I'll do my best to pick up. Let's have some fun! I'd love it it you all would subscribe to the Good Ideas for Churches YouTube Channel. It'll be all the same episodes, with occasional bonus content, as well as a place to leave comments. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

SPONSORED BY: AUDIBLE Let Audible help you discover new ways to laugh, be inspired, or be entertained. New members can try it free for 30 days. Visit https://Audible.com/ndq or text ndq to 500-500. RAYCON Go to https://buyraycon.com/ndq and use code EARLYBF to get 20% off SITEWIDE! That's 20% off any Raycon product, which almost never happens. Or save even bigger and get 30% off Raycon's exclusive holiday bundles STUFF IN THIS EPISODE: Brooklyn Fudge Flood (Monday) Viscosity Pepsi fruit juice flood in Russia in 2017 (Tuesday) Four Simple Suggestions to Make Church Unity Happen - The Ten Minute Bible Hour London Beer Flood (Monday) Irish Wake Cocktail Red Mud in Hungary (Monday)  Satellite Imagery of the Flood Kingston Coal Plant (Monday) Coal Ash Spill Satellite Imagery Slump Factor Great Molasses Flood of Boston (Wednesday) History Channel's “History This Week” - The Great Boston Molasses Flood with Stephen Puleo Pompeii Pompeii:  Vesuvius eruption may have been later than thought Death Lakes of Cameroon (Thursday) Lake Nyos Disaster Hunger Stones Lake Kivu Carbon Dioxide in Cameroon… Limnic Eruptions: When Lakes Explode Kivuwatt Sam O'Nella's Video About Non-Water Floods CONNECT WITH NO DUMB QUESTIONS: Support No Dumb Questions on Patreon if that sounds good to you Discuss this episode here NDQ Subreddit Our podcast YouTube channel Our website is nodumbquestions.fm No Dumb Questions Twitter Matt's Twitter Destin's Twitter SUBSCRIBE LINKS: Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Android OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELS ARE ALSO FUN: Matt's YouTube Channel (The Ten Minute Bible Hour) Destin's YouTube Channel (Smarter Every Day)

How can we help someone who is deconstructing their faith? That is a critical question for any church leader today, and the topic of this episode. My guest is Ian Harber, who was gracious enough to share his own story of deconstructing and rebuilding his faith in Jesus. Ian is part of the Truth Over Tribe team, and writes at Back Again with Ian Harber at  https://ianharber.substack.com/. He also starts lots of interesting conversations over @ianharber on Twitter. Ian has also put together a playlist of resources that helped him rebuild his faith on Spotify, titled Reconstructing Your Faith - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1nSlmL6Fh3EdZzv1nxHPxZ. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Special Episode for Pastor Appreciation Month! I'd love to pray for you and your minstry by name. Reach out and let me know what I can pray for. Here's Matt's original video. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

In this episode I talk with Dr. Joshua Chatraw about his book, Telling a Better Story: How to Talk About God in a Skeptical Age. We all have underlying stories that we use to make sense of our lives, and the gospel story is the only one that really meets all our longings. Dr. Chatraw is executive director of the Center for Public Christianity, lead teacher for New City Fellows, and theologian-in-residence at Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Raleigh, NC.  I also tell on myself for trying to order cocaine in Brazil. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

This episode is about church revitalization. How can we see new life breathed into a local church? Many thanks to Gary Kniseley for taking the time to share his story with us!  Gary is the pastor of Maywood Evangelical Free Church in Rockford, IL. The stats I mentioned. A couple highlights: - 70% of churches are plateaued or in decline. - Only 7% of churches have helped launch a new congregation ever. - Those churches who have helped start more than one new congregation were statistically 0% for this study. Some other interesting surveys that ask the question differently, specifically related to membership (not necessarily participation). Membership trends for U.S. individuals from a Gallup study. Membership trends among some protestant denominations.   Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

This week on the AntiSocial Network, we're joined Matt Whitman, the host of Ten Minute Bible Hour, to discuss his approach to ecumenical discourse!

How do you evaluate your ministries? When is the time to quit something or double down? Matt Whitman joined me to share a plan he used to answer these questions called a Ministry Audit. If you'd like a free PDF outlining how to do a Ministry Audit, email me at aron.eyesup@gmail.com. Matt is the host of The Ten Minute Bible Hour YouTube & podcast, The Ironwood Rhino podcast, and co-hosts the No Dumb Questions podcast with Destin Sandlin. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Karl Vaters joined me to discuss how to manage change in the church in ways that spiritually healthy. Karl is pastor at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship in Fountain Valley, CA, the author of several books, and the host of the Can This Work In a Small Church podcast. His book, Small Church Essentials, was the jumping off point for our conversation today. You can follow his other work here, or at @KarlVaters on Twitter. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Karl Vaters interviews Matt Whitman, host of the Ten Minute Bible Hour podcast and YouTube channel. Karl and Matt talk about the intersection of Bible teaching/preaching and pastoral care. This conversation also covers  The importance of our online presence How to avoid the temptation of living by clicks Taking care not to get stuck wandering down political and theological rabbit trails Why teaching about the Bible is as important as teaching from the Bible Links: The Ten Minute Bible Hour YouTube thetmbh.com Matt Whitman Twitter No Dumb Questions Podcast Dwell Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In How To Think: A Guide for the Perplexed For a Transcript of this episode visit the Pivot Blog  Support This Work: Visit the Website Subscribe to weekly Newsletter Contribute financially at KarlVaters.com/support Visit our Youtube Channel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Super big thanks to Daryl Paluch of The Tennis Center of the Black Hills for coming out to play ball with us! His work gives us a great picture of we often refer to as church assimilation. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Karl Vaters interviews Matt Whitman, host of the Ten Minute Bible Hour podcast and YouTube channel. Karl and Matt talk about the intersection of Bible teaching/preaching and pastoral care. This conversation also covers  The importance of our online presence How to avoid the temptation of living by clicks Taking care not to get stuck wandering down political and theological rabbit trails Why teaching about the Bible is as important as teaching from the Bible Links: The Ten Minute Bible Hour YouTube thetmbh.com Matt Whitman Twitter No Dumb Questions Podcast Dwell Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In How To Think: A Guide for the Perplexed For a Transcript of this episode visit the Pivot Blog  Support This Work: Visit the Website Subscribe to weekly Newsletter Contribute financially at KarlVaters.com/support Visit our Youtube Channel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Special thanks to Shane Heilman for joining me to share his wisdom about disarming tension and conflict before it becomes a problem. Shane is the Producer and Chief Songwriter for the Psalms Project, where he is putting every psalm to music. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Special thanks to Jon Sanders for joining me on this episode! You can check out his learning community at EntrePastors.com. He also is a ministry coach for The 95 Network. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Special thanks to Nathan Jenkins for joining me! He serves as a pastor at loonmtnministry.com in Lincoln, NH. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Special thanks to Justin P. Taylor for joining me on the podcast! Here's the webpage for Integrity Hockey League. Justin also dabbles in music, and you can find his single, ‘Kingdom Citizen,' at Amazon, Spotify, Apple and Pandora. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Special thanks to Kurt Earl for joining me! You can check out his work with coaches at culturecoordinator.com. He also serves as an Elder at First Street Bible Church.   To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others, by Daniel H. Pink.   For fun, I took Kurt's challenge to think of 10 ways Information Symmetry is changing everything. Here's a quick list of what I came up with in only a few minutes. College and Professional athletics has been impacted by this trend. Even at the highest levels, coaches who just demand respect and insist their players ‘just do as I say' aren't succeeding, and even losing their jobs. The relationship between doctors and their patients has been radically impacted by this trend. 1000s of online sources, written by credentialed MDs, with studies cited, means more and more patients are coming to their Dr. with a plan of care already in mind. A number of laboratory services have begun giving customers the option to order their own blood tests. Pharmaceutical companies have also leaned into this by advertising directly to prospective patients. Related, more people are open to trying natural medical options, or a combination of natural & conventional options because of so much information available to them. In short, people increasingly expect to be an active partner with their health, and maybe the driving partner. The same effect with pet owners and their veterinarians. This trend is spreading to public education as well. The number of people choosing to educate their children themselves (homeschooling) continues to grow for both religious and non-religious reasons. Facebooks sale groups, and other online selling forums have empowered us all to go directly to one another to buy or sell things, some evening making it a side-hustle. The last decades have seen an incredible erosion of the ratings and influence of so-called legacy media, and the proliferation of indie journalists, podcasters, and content creators going directly to their audience. The traditional gatekeepers are increasingly sidelined. Churches and abuse reporting: The expectation for real, meaningful transparency is more critical now than ever if churches and institutions want to maintain credibility in the public eye.   Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Special thanks to Seth Gehrke for joining me and sharing your story with us! Seth is on staff at St. John Lutheran Church, in Cypress, TX. Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? I'd love to hear from you! Shoot me an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com.

Thanks to Pastor Steve Vetter of Turtle Lake Baptist Church, in Turtle Lake, North Dakota for sharing your story with us! https://www.facebook.com/turtlelakebaptist/ Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? We'd love to hear from you! Shoot us an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com    

Good Ideas for Churches is a joint project between Matt Whitman's The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Eyes Up. Have a good idea? Something that's helped your church? Something that's made the Gospel make sense to people in your community? We'd love to hear from you! Shoot us an email at aron.eyesup@gmail.com

Matt Whitman originally went to school to study law. After a family tragedy struck, he came home to fill in for his dad as pastor of their church, which took him down a path of ministry that led to the eventual creation of his popular podcast and YouTube channel. Each day, the Ten Minute Bible Hour podcast provides listeners with a “fast, fun, deep dive” into the Bible. And as you can probably guess, it's only a 10-minute listen! Matt also has a YouTube channel, which offers video titles that range from “A Protestant Talks With A Catholic Priest” to “Who Picked What Books Went In The Bible?”Today, Matt and his co-worker Aron Utecht are talking with us about the weight of ministry, why it's important to remember that the Gospel also applies to pastors, and why people are more drawn to “normal pastors” rather than “experts.” Our conversation with these guys was interesting and full of great thoughts—I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!   Show Notes:  https://www.95network.org/the-10-minute-bible-hour-accepting-gods-grace-as-a-pastor-w-matt-whitman-aron-utecht-episode-131/Support the show

Tim and Brady are joined by Destin to discuss the moon, an astronaut guest, failure, a coronation spoon, various containers, and some time travel. Go to Storyblocks for stock video, pictures and audio at storyblocks.com/unmade - https://www.storyblocks.com/unmade Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/unmadeFM Join the discussion of this episode on our subreddit - https://redd.it/sfh26y Catch the podcast on YouTube where we include accompanying videos and pictures - https://youtu.be/3YYtnU6OHew USEFUL LINKS Destin's YouTube Channel 'Smarter Every Day' - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6107grRI4m0o2-emgoDnAA And his podcast 'No Numb Questions' co-hosted with Matt Whitman - https://www.nodumbquestions.fm/ Tim's Jungle Juice pose - https://twitter.com/Tim_Hein/status/1483010758053330946?s=20&t=3xvb3FJk3_x6nmramDjgLQ Astronaut Don Pettit - https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/donald-r-pettit/biography Don Pettit wears The White Gloves on Objectivity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnZLGlMbgUI Don and Brady launch the Saturn VI - https://www.instagram.com/p/BqaPZGCACDI/ Pictures of Spoon of the Week - https://www.unmade.fm/spoon-of-the-week The actual Coronation Spoon - https://www.rct.uk/collection/31733/the-coronation-spoon Amphora - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphora Mud Larking - https://www.frommers.com/slideshows/848024-mudlarking-in-the-thames-might-be-the-best-thing-i-ve-done-in-london McD.L.T advert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTSdUOC8Kac Australian squeezey container - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4nUhD92yNU Destin's shelf is featured on Objectivity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyRO3yci9bI

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Nobody's reaching nobody's... ...Because it's not about us! BRANDON'S FRIDAY FIVE: 1. Another sign of the depraved minds/Romans 1 Judgement 2. Pastor Appreciation Month with Matt Whitman https://youtu.be/COpk09UBXyM 3. The "return" of Donald J Trump/Don't put your hope in man... 4. Truth or Fear with C-19 5. Sukkot on Hebrew4Christians https://hebrew4christians.com/index.html#loaded Be sure to SUBSCRIBE to Just A Nobody With A Bible so you don't miss an episode! Click here- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCSVjREsdgKl47lf9FX5Dbw We're on YouTube & all major podcast platforms- just search for 'Just A Nobody With a Bible' Follow us on Instagram for even more- https://www.instagram.com/nobodywithabible/ Check out Brandon's Bible Church- https://www.apbiblechurch.com/ Biblical Truth Designs at the Heirs of the Promise shop- https://heirsofthepromise.square.site/ But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. | 2 Corinthians 4:7

This episode is a bit different than most. In it, I offer up my top four podcast recommendations (with a side plug for my church's sermon podcast). These shows are the places I turn for inspiration and learning when I need it. I have grown in knowledge and understanding as I've taken in messages from Tim Keller and listened to the background info that Tara Leigh Cobble and Matt Whitman offer. I've been encouraged to remain faithful to God's word through Alisa Childers' apologetics-themed conversations with guests. Take a listen to my thoughts about each show and then, if one strikes your fancy, give it a spin. Below you'll find website links to each show recommended. On a couple of the pages, you'll have to do a bit of scanning on the page to find the link you want. Every one of the shows is available on a wide variety of podcast platforms, so look in your favorite app and see if they're there. Timothy Keller Sermon Podcast - https://podcast.gospelinlife.com Friendly Words Podcast - https://anchor.fm/friendly-words The Bible Recap Podcast - http://www.thebiblerecap.com/start The Ten-Minute Bible Hour Podcast - https://www.thetmbh.com/podcast Alisa Childers Podcast - https://www.alisachilders.com/podcast.html

Daddy's home! Jason Dinges from Lost Rhetoric podcast is back for his third contractually obligated episode! We record and review Lost Rhetoric episode 007 (The Horizon Project w/ STEVE X) on the one-year anniversary!  If you don't like this episode, then you're missing the bigger pitcher. And also, you're a dumb son of a bitch. Here's the link, stupid:[https://lostrhetoric.buzzsprout.com/1162775/4785416-lr007-the-horizon-project-w-steve-x] Hear! Jason announce and guarantee that Lost Rhetoric will be back in September.Hear! JPX clarify threatening statements he made toward Jason in PR0032.Hear! Matt Wittman's tribute song to Jason called "Margate Ave 9". Hear! Jason nominate Cody Klewin for 3rd member of Post Rhetoric.Hear! LR007 get reviewed. Hear! Top 5 cities that listened to us last week.Hear! Top 5 things we listened to last week.Hear! Stuntman Mike bought the first appearance of Iron Man. Hear! SMM reports that Chicken in a Biskit fueled Jeff Bezos' spaceship. Hear! JPX chastise the listeners who haven't become Patreon members. Hear! The Post Rhetoric boyz announce their upcoming militant anti-cursing crusade. LINKS:LOST RHETORIC:https://lostrhetoric.buzzsprout.com/LOST RHETORIC TWITTER:https://twitter.com/Lost_RhetoricLOST RHETORIC INSTAGRAM:https://www.instagram.com/lostrhetoricpodcast/?hl=enPOST RHETORIC TWITTER:https://twitter.com/Post_RhetoricPOST RHETORIC FACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/postrhetoricpodcastPOST RHETORIC INSTAGRAM:https://www.instagram.com/postrhetoricpodcast/HERB STOMP:https://www.herbstomp.com/ HEADSPIN:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1379656HEADSPIN FACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/groups/780935922692338 HEADSPIN:https://www.buzzsprout.com/1379656HEADSPIN FACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/groups/780935922692338

The outsiders of podcasting are back to poach another of Jason's guests. This time it's "Hacksaw" Matt Wittman from The Batshit State! Hear! Us review Lost Rhetoric episode 006 from July 23, 2020.Hear! Matt confront the Proud Boys.Hear! Matt eviscerate Jason's excuses for going on hiatus. Hear! Matt get robbed in Brooklyn. Hear! The herbstomp.com Top 5 cities that listened to us.Hear! Mike buy Captain America Comics #1.Hear! Top 5 things we listened to this past week. Hear! Mike report on the Olympics and Chicken in a Biskit.LINKS:LOST RHETORIC:https://lostrhetoric.buzzsprout.com/LOST RHETORIC TWITTER:https://twitter.com/Lost_RhetoricLOST RHETORIC INSTAGRAM:https://www.instagram.com/lostrhetoricpodcast/?hl=enPOST RHETORIC TWITTER:https://twitter.com/Post_RhetoricPOST RHETORIC FACEBOOK:https://www.facebook.com/postrhetoricpodcastPOST RHETORIC INSTAGRAM:https://www.instagram.com/postrhetoricpodcast/HERB STOMP:https://www.herbstomp.com/THE GREEN SUNSHINE COMPANY:https://thegreensunshineco.com/ CHECK OUT MATT'S PODCAST THE BATSHIT STATE:https://open.spotify.com/show/31mRXbvlqsT51mbvIUfx1Z CHECK OUT WREATH:https://wreathfl.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-ep

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Matt Whitman joins The Herd Has Spoken to chat with Brad about adding value, our connection to the outdoors, and the historical significance of the events that are happening today. Matt and Brad dig deep into why now humans are deciding to leave the largest institutions of the decades, including corporations, churches and marriage. Matt is someone who is energized by humor and people, he also released over 1000 pieces of content online through The Ten Minute Bible Hour on YouTube, and The Ten Minute Bible Hour and No Dumb Questions podcasts.

Matt Whitman is a pastor and creator of the Ten Minute Bible Hour. Click here for Matt Whitman’s Website Click here for forum Discussion Skeptiko-501-Matt-Whitman Skeptiko-501-Matt-Whitman Audio Clip: [00:00:00] Well as a Christian I guess that it would be easy for you to recite the Lord’s Prayer. Is that what we’re resorting to here, Gestapo […] The post Matt Whitman, On the Gist of Josephus |501| appeared first on Skeptiko - Science at the Tipping Point.

Matt Whitman is a pastor and creator of the Ten Minute Bible Hour. Click here for Matt Whitman’s Website Click here for forum Discussion Skeptiko-501-Matt-Whitman Audio Clip: [00:00:00] Well as a Christian I guess that it would be easy for you to recite the Lord’s Prayer. Is that what we’re resorting to here, Gestapo tactics. […] The post Matt Whitman, On the Gist of Josephus |501| appeared first on Skeptiko - Science at the Tipping Point.

This week we investigate Malcolm Gladwell’s take on history and a podcast from Destin Sandlin (whose YouTube channel, Smarter Every Day, is one of the highest ranked science and education channels) and his friend Matt Whitman, host of the Ten Minute Bible Hour YouTube channel.  Show Notes: www.whyihateyourpodcast.comEmail: whyihateyourpodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @hateyourpodcastInstagram: @hateyourpodcastYouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCqUKwHyHpYOofy4EZ1_j1Xw  Intro and Transition Music"Apero Hour" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Outro Music"Smooth Lovin" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Podcast ReferencesRevisionist HistoryMalcolm GladwellNo Dumb QuestionsDestin SandlinSmarter Every Day

Join me, Cori, to discuss Biblical Illiteracy and what it's doing to our churches as well as what we can do to stop it. Lifeway Study: https://lifewayresearch.com/2017/04/25/lifeway-research-americans-are-fond-of-the-bible-dont-actually-read-it/ Barna Study: https://www.barna.com/research/state-of-the-bible-2019/ Bible Dictionary: https://www.christianbook.com/zondervan-illustrated-dictionary-based-articles-encyclopedia/j-d-douglas/9780310229834/pd/229834?product_redirect=1&search_term=zondervan%20bible%20dictionary&Ntt=229834&item_code=&ps_exit=PRODUCT&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP Word Search Bible App: https://app.wordsearchbible.lifeway.com/ Verity by Phylicia Masonheimer: https://open.spotify.com/show/4tW2XyYTS3be0kh6oyBznc Knowing Faith (Jen Wilkin): https://open.spotify.com/show/5yTDIHevaUNaIZrfp4zwhg The Ten Minute Bible Hour with Matt Whitman: https://open.spotify.com/show/6WUAPaOoEQwyseVZXqfwvq Examples of discipleship in Scripture range from the old testament to the new testament: Moses and Joshua, Eli and Samuel, Elijah and Elisha, Jesus and the disciples, Paul and Timothy, Paul and Titus.

- Intro- Lost Rhetoric guest Hotrod is now our guest- JP reads Matt Whitman's rejection e-mail- Hotrod disses Matt Whitman- Mike and JP ask Hotrod about his Lost Rhetoric experience- JP quizzes Hotrod on Gremlins 2: The New Batch- Discussion about Aerosmith suing us- Hotrod promotes his upcoming podcast- Lost Rhetoric review- Top 5 Things Jason could have done better- Chicken in a Biskit and Patreon spot-Outro

Matt Whitman joins the guys to wrap up Season 2 of The Mandalorian. Besides being the coolest internet pastor, Matt co-hosts No Dumb Questions with Destin Sandlin. WHAT ARE THEY PLAYING WITH? Bob & Josh: Finishing up the Lego Elf Club House set # 10275 Find out More from Bob and Josh: Home http://www.thepiworkshop.com Youtube: http://youtube.com/iliketomakestuff http://youtube.com/josh_makesstuff Instagram: http://instagram.com/iliketomakestuff http://instagram.com/josh_makesstuff Twitter: Tweets by iliketomakestuf Tweets by josh_makesstuff

Matt Whitman joins the guys to wrap up Season 2 of The Mandalorian. Besides being the coolest internet pastor, Matt co-hosts No Dumb Questions with Destin Sandlin. WHAT ARE THEY PLAYING WITH? Bob & Josh: Finishing up the Lego Elf Club House set # 10275 Find out More from Bob and Josh: Home http://www.thepiworkshop.com Youtube: http://youtube.com/iliketomakestuff http://youtube.com/josh_makesstuff Instagram: http://instagram.com/iliketomakestuff http://instagram.com/josh_makesstuff Twitter: Tweets by iliketomakestuf Tweets by josh_makesstuff

Matt Whitman joins the guys to wrap up Season 2 of The Mandalorian. Besides being the coolest internet pastor, Matt co-hosts No Dumb Questions with Destin Sandlin. WHAT ARE THEY PLAYING WITH? Bob & Josh: Finishing up the Lego Elf Club House set # 10275 Find out More from Bob and Josh: http://www.iliketomakestuff.com http://www.thepiworkshop.com Youtube: http://youtube.com/iliketomakestuff http://youtube.com/josh_makesstuff Instagram: http://instagram.com/iliketomakestuff http://instagram.com/josh_makesstuff Twitter: http://twitter.com/iliketomakestuf http://twitter.com/josh_makesstuff

The guys talk about The Mandalorian with their friend Matt Whitman! Matt is a host on No Dumb Questions and The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast, go check him out! WHAT ARE THEY PLAYING WITH? Lego 10275: Elf Club House Find out More from Bob and Josh: Home http://www.thepiworkshop.com Youtube: http://youtube.com/iliketomakestuff http://youtube.com/josh_makesstuff Instagram: http://instagram.com/iliketomakestuff http://instagram.com/josh_makesstuff Twitter: Tweets by iliketomakestuf Tweets by josh_makesstuff

The guys talk about The Mandalorian with their friend Matt Whitman! Matt is a host on No Dumb Questions and The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast, go check him out! WHAT ARE THEY PLAYING WITH? Lego 10275: Elf Club House Find out More from Bob and Josh: http://www.iliketomakestuff.com http://www.thepiworkshop.com Youtube: http://youtube.com/iliketomakestuff http://youtube.com/josh_makesstuff Instagram: http://instagram.com/iliketomakestuff http://instagram.com/josh_makesstuff Twitter: http://twitter.com/iliketomakestuf http://twitter.com/josh_makesstuff

What can we learn from a professional Youtube and podcast host about ministry in this season? As it turns out, a ton! Matt Whitman if the Ten Minute Bible Hour and No Dumb Questions, joins us to share what he's learned from years of ministry and building community in a digital landscape.    Host Links: The Ten Minute Bible Hour Website No Dumb Questions Podcast   Resources:  Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes - Kenneth E. Bailey  Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes - Kenneth E. Bailey Dwell Bible App

Sorry it's been a while but here is a new episode. We discuss the ongoing pandemic, the Portapique tragedy, a budding Nazi colony in Cape Breton, local Black liberation movements, our wretched city council, Matt Whitman's mayoral aspirations and finally discuss some exciting news for the future of Dog Island. It's a long episode but it is very good. 

In this interview, I talk with Matt Whitman from Ten Minute Bible Hour about how to talk and engage with people you may disagree with. This is one of my favorite conversations.Support us (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/AdherentApologetics

Barry and James close out 2019 by choosing some of the best podcasts, books and movies they've come across this year. "Close out"? What does that even mean anyway? PodcastsRadio Rental; Alastair’s Adversaria; 13 Minutes to the Moon; Matt Whitman’s 10 Minute Bible Hour Podcast; Theopolis; Futility Closet; Reply All (v woke); Freakonomics; John Dickson's Undeceptions; Good Book Company; Faith in Kids; The Inquisition; Simply Put.BooksAntifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Amazon UK)A Lifting Up for the Downcast by William Bridge (Amazon UK)Confronting Christianity by Rebecca Mclaughlin (Amazon UK)Seeing Green: Don't Let Envy Color Your Joy by Tilly Dillehay (Amazon UK)Born Standing Up by Steve Martin (Amazon UK)Impossible Commands by Jonty Allcock (Amazon UK)Enjoying God by Tim Chester (Amazon UK)On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson (Amazon UK)Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (Amazon UK)You're a Bad Man Mr Gum by Andy Stanton (Amazon UK)The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (Amazon UK)Our theme music is by Roger Taylor and his latest album is The Rubicon Moment. Other music and jingles by Barry, who really should have better things to do with his time.If you've enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review - it helps other people find us. And to make sure you get the next episode, click "Subscribe" in your favourite podcast app. Tweet us @cooperandcary, comment on our Facebook page, or go old skool and email us here. If you like us and would like to help us continue, please take a look at these very special goodies.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/cooperandcary)

This is part 2 of our conversation with Matt Whitman and Will Weedon as we really get in to the weeds on infant baptism and the Lord's Supper. Among other things!

Matt Whitman is the host of The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast. He has a YouTube channel with over 70,000 YouTube subscribers. He is a co-host with Destin Sandlin of SmarterEveryday, who has over 7 million YouTube subscribers, on a podcast called No Dumb Questions that has over 1300 iTunes reviews! In this episode, Matt talks about his fascination with the Bible and the history surrounding it. He tries to get a common baseline of facts and make it something that is a good resource for both believers and non-believers. He shares some of the things that he went through and the strategies he used to overcome his difficulties and become more engaging in his podcast. He also gives great tips to help new and aspiring influencers with the content they put out. In this episode, Matt really deep dives into his story of how and why he started his influence. Matt's story is inspirational and this episode is definitely worth a listen! Subscribe to our email newsletter to be notified of our upcoming live-streamed interviews! Join our Discord community and become part of the conversation! https://whyinfluence.com/

Matt Whitman, host of the Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast, joins Andy and Sarah to talk about why he visits churches of various denominations to make YouTube videos, his experiences visiting an LCMS church (St. Paul in Hamel, IL) for the first time, and the things he learned about Lutheranism that makes Lutherans unique. Find his videos from his visit with Rev. William Weedon at St. Paul along with all of his other content at thetenminutebiblehour.com and The Ten Minute Bible Hour on Youtube.

Peter and Kevin are joined by Matt Whitman of The Ten Minute Bible Hour and Will Weedon of The Word of the Lord Endures Forever to discuss the three things Matt kept hearing about us Lutherans as he prepared to visit St. Louis for a special project.

Matt Whitman is running for mayor, Waye Mason probably is too, it's cool because their initials are mirrored, sometimes you need to think about that stuff I guess. Chris and Andrew go to the Climate Strike and talk to some people. We also talk about Moncton and how awful the city is being to street people. Thanks for listening to our show.

Have you ever read the Bible? For many men, reading the Bible is a challenge. With all of the pressures and outside commitments of being a dad, it's easy to feel like we don't have time to read, let alone read the Bible. And there's a lot of misconceptions about the Bible—what it is, what it isn't, its overarching structure and message, so a lot of guys are intimidated by the book. However, many men realize it's something they should do, so when they do try to make time to read the Bible, they attempt to read it cover-to-cover. That's just too big of a goal when you're just starting. As dads and spiritual leaders of the home, it's critical that we understand God's Word so we can apply it to our daily lives and effectively teach our kids about it. But we obviously can't do that if we're not reading and studying it regularly. My guest today is on a mission to help all of us bridge that gap. His name is Matt Whitman. Matt is a pastor at Free Church in Lander, WY as well as the creator of the YouTube channel The Ten Minute Bible Hour. Our conversation touched on a variety of topics including: You don't have to believe the words of the Bible to be a great dad, but the wisdom found in the Bible equip men to experience the full purpose of fatherhood. We need to understand the world we live in so we can equip our kids with the knowledge they'll need to thrive within it. Skeptics of Christianity should consider the undeniable practical wisdom found in the Bible that has stood the test of time. If there were no value there, it would have died out a long time ago. Good places to start reading the Bible as it pertains to the ideas and execution of fatherhood. Matt reminds us that practical takeaways from the Bible are great, but if we don't use them as tools and tactics to dive deeper into the broader message of the Gospel, then we're missing a larger opportunity to discover our true purpose. And you won't want to miss Matt's interpretation of what it means to leave an inspired legacy. He had a great response! You can find Matt at The Minute Bible Hour (http://thetmbh.com). Also, check out No Dumb Questions (nodumbquestions.fm), a podcast Matt co-hosts with his friend, Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day (http://www.smartereveryday.com/). And Matt's sermons from Free Church are available (for free) at https://www.landerefree.org/sermons/ Thanks for listening! The next episode will be released Monday, April 8.

Matt Whitman of The Ten Minute Bible Hour joins us to talk about the ministry of Satellite Gaming. The Ten Minute Bible Hour Satellite Gaming Website Twitter Instagram Discord Server Music by LÚNE --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/satellite-gaming/support

Interview with Matt Whitman I can’t wait to introduce you to Matt Whitman, a husband, father and pastor living somewhere in the confines of the reclusive state of Wyoming. He is the creator of the 10 Minute Bible Hour, a YouTube channel that, in my opinion, is the best online Bible Study video series out there. […] The post Interview with Matt Whitman first appeared on DarrenHibbs.com.

Matt Whitman of the YouTube channel "The Ten Minute Bible Hour" joins the BBB to talk about Romans 13 ("Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities"). Is it is a blank check for a government to do anything and expect its good bible toting citizens to fall in line? We break it all down and tell you exactly what to think. Just kidding. But we do show that there's more going on then a flat reading seems to suggest. And we have fun doing it. Matt made a sweet video on Romans 13 you can see HERE. Check out The Ten Minute Bible Hour on YouTube. Follow Matt Whitman on Twitter @MattWhitmanTMBH   Get all feedbacky with us:-Subscribe to Bros Bibles & Beer on Apple Podcasts-Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!-https://www.facebook.com/brosbiblesbeer-https://twitter.com/brosbiblesbeer-https://www.brosbiblesbeer.com-Instagram: @brosbiblesbeer-Email: brosbiblesbeer@gmail.comBros Bibles & Beer is: Mr. Jeff Pearson, Mr Scott "the scoot" Hulbert & Mr. Zack KraterEdited by: Zack KraterFind us wherever fine podcasts are distributed. Oh, and tell a friend!Grace. Peace. Cheers!  

Today we are joined by Matt Whitman from Ten Minute Bible Hour as well as the No Dumb Questions podcast. We discuss his race ready Oldsmobile 88, speeding through Montana and so much more. SHOW NOTES: Geoff’s Rims Found Aston Martin V8 Cygnet Porsche 911 Singer Studebaker Alfa Romeo Spider   Matt Whitman Ten Minute Bible Hour Matt Whitman Twitter No Dumb Questions Podcast   2012 Ford F150 King Ranch 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 2005 Ford Freestar Dodge Durango Subaru Outback Trailblazer Chrysler Pacifica 1999 Saturn SL1 1993 Isuzu trooper Oldsmobile 88 1984 Toyota Corolla Toyota Tercel Dodge Daytona 1974 Mercury Comet 1978 Buick 1979 Datsun 210   Support Us On Patreon Join The Episode Discussion LISTEN TO THE SHOW: Listen On iTunes Listen On Android Listen On Spotify RSS Feed CONNECT WITH US: Website Twitter YouTube Instagram Show Off Your First Car   Dan's Twitter Dan’s YouTube Geoff's Twitter Geoff’s YouTube

SPONSORED BY: AWAY TRAVEL For $20 off a suitcase, visit awaytravel.com/ndq20 and use promo code ndq20 during checkout! STUFF FROM THIS EPISODE Matt Whitman - Google Images Matt Whitman’s Big Mouth Keeps Getting Him Into Trouble Halifax councillor Matt Whitman barred from committees for 3 months Matt Whitman stands by white supremacists’ message Halifax councillor under fire for retweeting pro-white group Matt Whitman’s Idiocy and Free Speech Matt Whitman’s Deafening Silence Matt’s Wikipedia Page Chris Pratt’s Instagram Define Vacillate Chris Pratt responds to A Quiet Place Alberto Brandolini - The B.S. Asimmetry Cargo The Movie Trailer TMBH - 5 Insane Bible Conspiracy Theories Daughters of Reddit who have a great relationship with their fathers…   CONNECT WITH NO DUMB QUESTIONS: Support No Dumb Questions on Patreon if that sounds good to you Discuss this episode here NDQ Subreddit Our podcast YouTube channel Our website is nodumbquestions.fm No Dumb Questions Twitter Matt's Twitter Destin's Twitter SUBSCRIBE LINKS: Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Android OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELS ARE ALSO FUN: Matt's YouTube Channel (The Ten Minute Bible Hour) Destin's YouTube Channel (Smarter Every Day)

This week we share the second half of our conversation with musician Kayo. After 3 hours of chatter, we were tired and decided to relax and have some fun! Listen to our foolery as well as the pros and cons of being an independent or signed artist. 3:00 - Introducing our guest: Kayo 7:28 - Where do you get pizza at Pizza Corner? 8:53 - The Breakfast Club 10:45 - 11 minutes in and still haven't introduced the topics 15:20 - Matt Whitman returns again during the weekly recap 20:25 - What will happen when cannabis becomes legal? 25:45 - Someone pissed Terrence off 28:53 - "LoLo means penis in St. Lucia" 30:36 - Who is Yogi the Producer? 32:50 - Independent artists Vs. Signing to a "Label"

On the first episode of Pod for Parents, Matt Whitman, Director of Cortland Area Communities That Care and Mary Dykeman, Prevention Specialist at Cortland Prevention Resources discuss why good communication with your teen is important. This is part 1 of a 3 part series on communicating with your teen.          

An extra episode this month because a lot went down. We discuss Jamie Baillie's resignation, Matt Whitman's seemingly endless buffoonery, Lindsay Shepherd's recent SMU appearance, and the latest (and hopefully final) chapter in the Cornwallis statue "debate".   Check out the Nova Scotia Health Coalition event Chris talked about: Building a Truly Universal Health Care System - AGM +Workshop

Matt Whitman and he is the creator of the 10 Minute bible hour- a show that is loaded theologically to teaching the Bible well covered with punchy humor at the same time.

There are 23,000 people in Nova Scotia who self-identify as Metis. Saint Mary’s prof Darryl Leroux explains why he questions those claims. Plus, we talk about Jamie Baillie, Legacy Rooms and Matt Whitman. 

Former Halifax journalist has grown into one of the few dedicated environmental reporters in Canada. Now based in Toronto and writing for Vice News, Beaumont has recently covered stories such as the in South Dakota, the Arctic's , and the ridiculous number of permanent across the country. Also, the and its many exemptions limps toward a final approval in 2018, how will it look for Haligonians to , and Matt Whitman's weekly dose of .

Matt Whitman, host of the Ten Minute Bible Hour on YouTube joins us and it was a blast! Why did he change the name from Ten Minute Bible Hour to the Worst Christian Ever and the back to TMBH? Why he wants both conservatism and progressives to lose? And shocker: Turns out experiencing tragedy in life WILL definitely affect how you see people and your views of God. Grace. Peace. Cheers! Check out Ten Minute Bible Hour on YouTube, on Twitter and on Facebook Show notes and resources at bbbpod.com Here's our socials: Facebook - Twitter - Instagram Music by The Classic Crime

Join us this week on Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! as Scott chats with Youtube Phenom Matt Whitman . Matt was raised in Fort Collins, Colorado before moving to Chicago where he graduated from Trinity College and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He met his wife Camilla on his first day of college in his first class. They've got three kids together and now live in the mountains of beautiful western Wyoming where Matt works as the Senior Pastor of the Lander Evangelical Free Church. Matt's a teach-straight-through-books-of-the-Bible kind of guy and uses his appreciation of history, humor, culture, and narrative to help people understand God's Word. In addition to church and family, Matt spends a lot of time filmmaking. He writes, acts, directs and also hosts a YouTube program called The Ten Minute Bible Hour in which he teaches books of the Bible in a tight, informative, and funny format. This program is also highlighted on the popular Christian network Theology Mix (www.theologymix.com). Matt is the editor and co-author of the book Putting God in His Place: Exalting God in the iCulture published by Nextstep Resources. In addition to writing and film, he enjoys rock music, competitive team sports, and travel. Connect with him on Twitter @TenMinBibleHour.

Join us this week on Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! as Scott chats with Youtube Phenom Matt Whitman . Matt was raised in Fort Collins, Colorado before moving to Chicago where he graduated from Trinity College and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He met his wife Camilla on his first day of college in his first class. They’ve got three kids together and now live in the mountains of beautiful western Wyoming where Matt works as the Senior Pastor of the Lander Evangelical Free Church. Matt’s a teach-straight-through-books-of-the-Bible kind of guy and uses his appreciation of history, humor, culture, and narrative to help people understand God’s Word. In addition to church and family, Matt spends a lot of time filmmaking. He writes, acts, directs and also hosts a YouTube program called The Ten Minute Bible Hour in which he teaches books of the Bible in a tight, informative, and funny format. This program is also highlighted on the popular Christian network Theology Mix (www.theologymix.com). Matt is the editor and co-author of the book Putting God in His Place: Exalting God in the iCulture published by Nextstep Resources. In addition to writing and film, he enjoys rock music, competitive team sports, and travel. Connect with him on Twitter @TenMinBibleHour.

Join us this week on Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! as Scott chats with Youtube Phenom Matt Whitman . Matt was raised in Fort Collins, Colorado before moving to Chicago where he graduated from Trinity College and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He met his wife Camilla on his first day of college in his first class. They've got three kids together and now live in the mountains of beautiful western Wyoming where Matt works as the Senior Pastor of the Lander Evangelical Free Church. Matt's a teach-straight-through-books-of-the-Bible kind of guy and uses his appreciation of history, humor, culture, and narrative to help people understand God's Word. In addition to church and family, Matt spends a lot of time filmmaking. He writes, acts, directs and also hosts a YouTube program called The Ten Minute Bible Hour in which he teaches books of the Bible in a tight, informative, and funny format. This program is also highlighted on the popular Christian network Theology Mix (www.theologymix.com). Matt is the editor and co-author of the book Putting God in His Place: Exalting God in the iCulture published by Nextstep Resources. In addition to writing and film, he enjoys rock music, competitive team sports, and travel. Connect with him on Twitter @TenMinBibleHour.

Join us this week on Christian Devotions SPEAK UP! as Scott chats with Youtube Phenom Matt Whitman . Matt was raised in Fort Collins, Colorado before moving to Chicago where he graduated from Trinity College and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He met his wife Camilla on his first day of college in his first class. They’ve got three kids together and now live in the mountains of beautiful western Wyoming where Matt works as the Senior Pastor of the Lander Evangelical Free Church. Matt’s a teach-straight-through-books-of-the-Bible kind of guy and uses his appreciation of history, humor, culture, and narrative to help people understand God’s Word. In addition to church and family, Matt spends a lot of time filmmaking. He writes, acts, directs and also hosts a YouTube program called The Ten Minute Bible Hour in which he teaches books of the Bible in a tight, informative, and funny format. This program is also highlighted on the popular Christian network Theology Mix (www.theologymix.com). Matt is the editor and co-author of the book Putting God in His Place: Exalting God in the iCulture published by Nextstep Resources. In addition to writing and film, he enjoys rock music, competitive team sports, and travel. Connect with him on Twitter @TenMinBibleHour.