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Ryan returns! We catch up on his life over the last couple years, including his VERY COOL new earring. We also celebrate our 100th ConvoCast by dusting off the oft-neglected “YOBcast Topics” spreadsheet to talk about what we WOULD talk about if we were talking about it (but we're not). Do you follow? Potential YOBcast topics like robosexuality, nudity, cuddling, arousal, and much, much more. Thanks friends for 100 conversations! COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE What topics should we discuss on the YOBcast? What stands out from the options mentioned on this episode, and what other ideas do you have? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB Convocast 100 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Ryan's Enneagram Nine ConvoCast RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts Ryan's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok MUSIC CREDIT “Growing Pains” by Layup; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Welcome back!• Peter and Eden catch up on life, touching on:• Why modern society feels like a "hellscape."• Eden's unique take on a book club (it's really just a reason to meet at a bar and talk about books).• A foray into Bad Movie Bros, a community dedicated to watching and laughing at terrible films.• Highlights from their recent March Badness-- including absurd movies like The Core and the utterly bizarre 1980 film The Apple.Cultural Tangents & Side Discussions• The joys of intentionally bad movies and their ability to bring people together.• The absolute madness of The Apple, a musical disaster that features a literal rapture via a spectral Buick.• Eden's ongoing quest to master Riichi Mahjong-- and the realization that half of the players in Mahjong Soul are either total newbies or unbeatable experts.• Peter's thoughts on Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson and the daunting length of his books.• Tsunami Sea by Spiritbox and why Peter thinks they are the next big thing in metal.• Bioluminescence by Dawn of Ouroboros, blending prog, death, and jazz influences.• A surprising deep dive into Poppy, a genre-defying artist oscillating between pop, metal, and chaos.Main Segment: Desert Island Albums• How We Chose: Instead of just picking favorites, Peter and Eden each framed our choices as "Which five albums would I be most sad to never hear again?"• No Live Albums or Compilations Allowed!Our Picks:• Eden's Five:1. Koyaanisqatsi (Philip Glass) -- The haunting neoclassical score from the experimental documentary.2. Systems/Layers (Rachel's) -- A genre-defying, deeply personal post-classical album.3. F# A# ∞ (Godspeed You! Black Emperor) -- A post-rock masterpiece of apocalyptic soundscapes.4. The Harp of New Albion (Terry Riley) -- Experimental piano music with a tuning that bends reality.5. Promises (Pharoah Sanders & Floating Points) -- A jazz masterpiece that Eden describes as the finest piece of jazz music ever recorded.• Peter's Five:1. Through Silver and Blood (Neurosis) -- An impenetrable wall of sound and raw emotion.2. Terrasite (Cattle Decapitation) -- A brutal yet oddly cathartic death metal record.3. Slow Forever (Cobalt) -- A riff-heavy American black metal album that never gets old.4. Dreaming Neon Black (Nevermore) -- A concept album of insanity, grief, and power.5. Folium Limina (The Otolith) -- A haunting, violin-infused post-doom album that Peter has written three books to.Honorable Mentions:• Rush's Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures (though both hosts realized they could mentally replay these albums in full without ever hearing them again).• Mariner by Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas.• Catharsis by YOB.• Chopin's Opus 28 Preludes, specifically Amy Kobayashi's recording.Final Thoughts• Reflecting on how music shapes personal identity and memory.• The joy of rediscovering albums that remain impactful years later.• Eden's experience revisiting The Harp of New Albion and realizing its timeless brilliance.• Peter's increasing excitement for The Otolith and the music that fuels creativity.Thanks for listening and join us in two weeks for another fun episode!

Jim returns with a heap of new tracks from Tribunal, Guiltless, and Destruction. He also talks about the recent news Brent Hinds is leaving Mastodon all while sprinkling in some classic tunes from bands like Yob, Cirith Ungol, and Lee Aaron.

https://www.discogs.com/release/445594-Fanmail-The-Latest-Crazehttps://www.amazon.com/Latest-Craze-Fanmail/dp/B00000J802Scott Silleta:Following his departure from Plankeye in July 1998, Silletta formed the Christian pop-punk band Fanmail that year. In 1999, Fanmail released an extended play, Here Comes Fanmail EP, and their debut studio album, The Latest Craze, with the former containing a cover of The Police's 1983 single "Every Breath You Take." In the same year, the band's only music video, "Rock and Roll Star", was released;[18] it was directed by Derek Dale. Fanmail's second studio album, Fanmail 2000, was released in 2000 and included a cover of the Backstreet Boys' 1999 single "I Want It That Way"; it was the band's last release before the group disbanded in 2002. The band's song "Superfan" was featured on the soundtrack to the 2001 movie Extreme Days[19] as well as in the film. "Rock and Roll Star" and the band's cover of "I Want It That Way" appeared on the Tooth & Nail Tenth Anniversary compilation in 2003.[20] Silletta formed another Christian punk rock band, The Franchise, which released one studio album, Original Inevitable, on his Vanishing Point Records label on August 12, 2003.[21][22] Silletta later released a solo album, The Life and Times of..., on June 17, 2011.[23]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlankeyeSome Geocities Website:The Review:Raiting: B+Fanmail has just released their first album. Its an EP with four songs. It is called "Here Comes Fanmail." Let me start by telling you that the lead singer used to be in Plankeye and the guitarist from Slick Shoes. Fanmail combines both types of music. The music sounds like Plankeye but with a more punk edge. If you liked Plankeye you will definitely like Fanmail. Fanmail is much better of a band than Plankeye.It is only around $5 and I suggest giving it a try. I would have liked a couple more songs but it is still good.The Band:Scott Silletta - Vocals, GuitarDale Yob - GuitarJason Fleetwood - Bass, BGVJason Feltman - Drumshttps://www.oocities.org/sunsetstrip/stage/1512/fanmail/Ridiculous interview with Scott, late 2000https://www.skruttmagazine.se/fanmaileng.htmAllMusic bio:Featuring members of 90-lb Wuss, the Cootees, Plankeye, Slick Shoes, Value Pac and Rainy Days, Fanmail could be considered as a Christian punk super group. Formed in 1998 out of Orange County, CA, the four piece released their first EP on Tooth & Nail Records entitled Here Comes Fanmail. The full-length debut Latest Craze followed in 1999. Fanmail 2000 was released a year later.https://www.allmusic.com/artist/fanmail-mn0000170985#biographylast.FM bio:Former Plankeye lead singer/guitar player Scott Siletta's new band Fanmail released their first four track EP titled "Here Comes Fanmail EP" in Feb 1999 1. Rock And Roll Star 2. Let Down 3. Every Breath You Take 4. True Brand NewLater in June of that same year Fanmail came out with their full length album 'The Latest Craze" 1. Messed Up 2. Rock And Roll Star 3. Let Down 4. Turn Brandew 5. Turn Off That Radio 6. Shirley Maclaine 7. Super Fan 8. Lame 9. Jordi 10. Happy Birthday 11. Wonderful PunchesAnd in August of 2000 Fanmail released what would become their last album "2000"https://www.last.fm/music/Fanmail/+wikihttps://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/artists/Fanmail.asphttps://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/thelatestcraze.aspPromo CD:https://www.ebay.com/itm/196000440655Cross Rhythms Review:After having recently quit Plankeye, Scott Silletta (vocals'guitar) has just released his debut album under the monkier of Fanmail. Joined by Yob (guitar's/bgv's) , Fleetwood (bass) and Jason (drums), Fanmail evidently enjoy playing there peculiar brand of high energy, hard edged pop punk rock for those willing enough to latch onto 'The Latest Craze'. Scott has matured both his performance and song-writing since the early days of Plankeye, as Fanmail's debut album clearly demonstrates. Scott and co poke fun at at life with tongues firmly planted in cheeks; simultaneously directing the listener to Christ. Topics range from the deceit of fame ('Rock And Roll Star"), the celebration of family ('Jordi') and the need for humility ('Wonderful Punches'). 'The Latest Craze' is packed full of well produced and executed songs at the hands of Scott Silletta and Gene Eugene; where a truly original, yet familiar style is not only realised but also maintained throughout. Be a true fanatic, get into ' The Latest Craze'!https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Fanmail/The_Latest_Craze/911/Release Date: 17 June 1999https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fanmail/the-latest-craze/Pastor Dave's Playlist May 7, 20185. “Turn off that Radio” by FanmailScott Silleta, the band's frontman, was one of my rock n'roll heroes when I was in high school. I was pretty much obsessed with him for a while. So, when he left the Christian rock band Plankeye and started a pop-punk band I followed right along. Fanmail was, admittedly, not great but Silletta's inclusion had me hooked. This song from their first album The Latest Craze (1999) is fairly pointless in lyrical content, with the chorus simply repeating “turn off that radio” over and over again. For whatever reason, however, is stuck with me this week and was a good, fun, blast.https://pastordaveonline.org/2018/05/07/this-weeks-good-music-14/LA Times Interview, March 9, 2001“I've long been against the whole labeling mechanism that Christians have given themselves and the box it has put them in,” said Cummings during an interview at the Hub Cafe in Fullerton. “Declaring you have to act in a certain way or sing only songs that praise the Lord serves to stifle art and creativity.”“It's weird. It's like we're stuck in the middle somewhere,” Guyton added. “The secular market won't touch us because we're Christians, and the Christian market won't either because we're not Christian enough.”What irks front man Silletta--a former member of Plankeye, one of Orange County's most successful Christian rock bands--is the false idolization he says he has encountered. He addresses the issue in “Hero,” a song on “Fanmail 2000,” the follow-up to 1999's debut, “Latest Craze,” both released on Seattle-based Tooth & Nail Records.“After shows in my old band, people would touch me and cry . . . really silly stuff like that,” said Silletta, who formed Fanmail in 1998 because of creative tensions within Plankeye.“They build you into this superhero in their mind, expecting all kinds of things from you. But when you don't live up to those expectations, they tear you down. When MxPx left Tooth & Nail [in 1998] for a major label [A&M; Records], they were slammed for [allegedly] not being Christians anymore. I know those guys firsthand. . . . I don't know anyone with more integrity than the three guys in that band.”…With the release of “Fanmail 2000,” the band fulfilled its contractual obligation to Tooth & Nail and, according to Silletta, has declined to sign a new, five-album deal. Fanmail, whose members range from ages 29 to 42, is looking to expand its local fan base with a series of shows here. They're also hoping to attract major label interest.“One of the good things about Tooth & Nail is that their [products are] distributed by EMI,” Silletta said. “It's been fantastic to have our CDs available at all the retail outlets. The problem, though, is that I have, in two different bands, been under contract with them since ‘93, and I just feel like it's time to work with someone else that can take our music to the next level.”https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-09-me-35371-story.html

Tom's brother Andy returns for his annual tradition of prepping us for the big game! We dive into the big storylines of Super Bowl LIX (or, Licks) and give our predictions for this Chiefs v. Eagles rematch of two years ago. We also spend a good portion of the episode talking about non-football things! Such as the hottest players, the Kendrick v. Drake feud, and the sexuality of various snackfoods. Oh, and Taylor Swift makes her second straight appearance on our Super Bowl episode as well. We hope you feel adequately prepared for all the festivities this year! LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Josh Allen claps awkwardly Josh Allen sighs emotionally COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE What name for Andy's soon to be born daughter will blow him and his wife away?! Are you looking forward to this year's Super Bowl? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 099 RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok MUSIC CREDIT “Growing Pains” by Layup; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

On this week's program, WYCE's Phil Tower speaks with Ron Yob, chairman of the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians.  The Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians is a native sovereign nation with agreements with the federal government dating back to 1795. The Grand River Bands originally included 19 bands of Ottawa people who lived along the Grand River and other waterways in southwest Michigan. Most of the Grand River Bands' current membership resides in Kent, Muskegon and Oceana counties. Their mission is to provide for the preservation of our way of life and the welfare of their people and to promote and restore the harmony and cooperation between the Grand River Bands, and other Michigan Ottawa and Chippewa bands, and the general public. Since 1994 the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians' have worked to petition the government for federal recognition of their tribe.  Yob told us that once they receive federal recognition the tribe can access useful, supportive resources such as tuition, healthcare, and housing assistance. These opportunities are granted to tribes that are federally recognized, and the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians should be able to access these benefits with no further delay.    The Grand River Bands tribe has long been a vital part of Kent County and the community of western Michigan, and they have agreements with the federal government dating to 1795.

Tom's younger brother, Andy, returns to discuss something besides football! Well – he does give us his Super Bowl prediction before he inevitably returns for his annual Big Game assessment podcast in a couple months. But before any football talk, we discuss his impending fatherhood! He and his wife are due with their first child, a daughter, in just a few more months. What brings Andy joy, and what causes him anxiety about becoming a father for the first time? What's Tom's biggest anxiety for his coming niece? And what trait does Tom admire the most in a leader – particularly in a parent? COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE What fears or anxieties do you have about fatherhood? Or from an uncle's perspective, what specifically do you pray for with your nieces and nephews? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 098 RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok MUSIC CREDIT “Growing Pains” by Layup; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

We're back! Daniel joins Tom to recap this year's YOBBERS Retreat. As a newer member of YOB leadership, how did Daniel enjoy this retreat compared to others? We reflect on this distinction of leadership and participation with our retreat, including the challenge of not just serving a role or a function all weekend long. We also dive into our retreat's first-time art piece -- a locked birdcage with one sparrow inside and two sparrows outside -- and how this piece led to some interesting reflections from the YOBBERS. Finally, we introduce the YOB universe to our newest mascot and other brother who debuted at the retreat: Eunick. COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Did you attend our YOBBERS Retreat this year? What did YOU see in the birdcage art piece? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 097 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Tom's 2024 YOBBERS Retreat blog "Yahweh (Psalm 84)" by Shane and Shane YOB's "Heart of a Brother" playlist on Spotify and YouTube The "Lifehouse skit" (interpretive dance)   RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok MUSIC CREDIT “Growing Pains” by Layup; 100% clearance through Musicbed.  

Dawson returns to help us close our At Home series! Tom takes the show on the road to Athens, Georgia, where he once lived for 11 years, to share an in-person conversation with Dawson, who has lived in this city for all 31 of his years. Why did Tom leave home all those years ago, and why has Dawson stayed? Has this same city been a consistent refuge for Dawson, or have there been some darker times, even times where he thought he might leave this only home he's ever known? Both Dawson and Tom live alone, and they share the joys of their homes serving as solitary refuges, as well as the dangers of falling into self-isolation. Finally, Dawson shares how "at home" he feels his his faith, sexuality, and masculinity, including the relational strides he's taken with his biological brothers and the relational challenges that remain with certain subsets of men. COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Have you never left home? Why or why not? What's been joyous about never going or never going far, and what's been challenging? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 096 RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok YOB's "Heart of a Brother" Spotify playlist MUSIC CREDIT “Already Home” by Hills x Hills; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Simon joins Tom to share their experiences of living alone for these last several years! Has it been an independent person's paradise, or have there also been emotional difficulties? How did the pandemic impact living alone? Simon also shares his experience of growing up with a twin brother, in addition to living previously with female friends, including the challenges of perception amongst any Christian onlookers. Will Simon and Tom live alone for the rest of their lives, or do they pine for a shared living space once again? Finally, Simon shares his experience from our recently held European YOBBERS retreat and how his first event with other men has factored into how "at home" he feels in his masculinity! COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Do you live alone? What are the joys and challenges of living by yourself? Do you yearn for a shared living space, or does such a prospect cause you any pause? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 095 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Simon's first ConvoCast RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok YOB's "Heart of a Brother" Spotify playlist MUSIC CREDIT “Already Home” by Hills x Hills; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Ryan makes his podcast debut as our first native Canadian on the show! He shares his unique living situation, splitting time in the big city and also a small town living in a house with his younger brother. Both Ryan and his brother are single men in their forties -- Ryan, gay; his brother, straight. How did this living situation in a faraway town come to be? Ryan tells us the story about "taking the long way" one day, along with his initial visceral reaction to the notion of living with his little brother for the first time since their youth. Ryan also shares about formerly living with a boyfriend when he was affirming, and his journey beyond spiritual turmoil to telling his testimony for more people to hear! COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Do you live, or would you consider living as an adult with your adult sibling? What would be hard, and what could be beautiful? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 094 RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok YOB's "Heart of a Brother" Spotify playlist MUSIC CREDIT “Already Home” by Hills x Hills; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Newcomer to the podcast but not to our community, longtime member Matt shares about his life in a celibate partnership with another man. He talks about splitting time in two locations to be close to his parents as well as his partner, with whom he co-owns a house. He shares openly how there was never any sort of road map to this particular kind of "Side B" journey, connecting with some other celibate couples over time. Matt shares the joys of hospitality with his partner, as well as some of the challenges of celibate partnership -- namely, translating the essence of his relationship to certain audiences, including secular friends and the workplace. Matt also shares his journey of becoming Eastern Catholic, finding a home in his faith amid his celibate partnership. COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Are you in a celibate partnership? What are the joys and challenges of your relationship as you follow Jesus through it? Are you drawn to the notion of celibate partnership, or do you have questions, even fears about entering such a relationship that honors God? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 093 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Matt's "Life on Side B" podcast about celibate partnership RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok YOB's "Heart of a Brother" Spotify playlist MUSIC CREDIT “Already Home” by Hills x Hills; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Nhat makes his debut appearance! We celebrate his 1-year YOBiversary as he tells us his “at home” story of being married to his wife of the last four years. He shares the challenges of merging his wife's family dynamic and his own into one new family and home, as well as the joys of complimenting one another and yearning for a better home together. We also dive into Nhat's childhood as a “PK” or pastor's kid and how that has impacted his faith journey, including his coming out experience at 21. How did coming out affect his parents, particularly his father, in an Asian culture often marked by honor and shame? COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Are you married? What have been the joys and challenges of merging two homes into one? How have you handled your sexuality and masculinity in this new home? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 092 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE YOBcast 092: Second Adolescence Scary Close by Donald Miller RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok YOB's "Heart of a Brother" Spotify playlist MUSIC CREDIT “Already Home” by Hills x Hills; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Harrison returns to discuss his societally common but YOB-ly uncommon home life: a wife and three kids! He shares the joys of noise in his home, as well as the challenges of wondering whether he measures up as a dad. We learn about the farm where he grew up, including the literal closet that was once his refuge. While having kids doesn't complete a man, Harrison also shares how having children has helped him lean into more of his masculinity. Perhaps there are fatherly energies we all possess as men, even beyond having biological children? COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Do you have children? What are the joys and challenges of raising kids as a man attracted to men? Where else do you tap into your "fatherly energy" as a man? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 091 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Harrison's first ConvoCast, discussing male friendship Harrison's book, Bent on Men Tom's circumcision blog, "The Masculine Uncertainty of Being Uncircumcised" RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok YOB's "Heart of a Brother" Spotify playlist MUSIC CREDIT “Already Home” by Hills x Hills; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Daniel returns to discuss his life in SoCal, living with two straight men! Like Andrew, he also moved across America for a new start and a new home from the Midwest. He tells us Andrew's teased "pots and pans" story from our last episode, a snapshot of pursuing healthy communication and expectations with straight roommates. Daniel shares some of the joys of living with straight men, including the activities in which they partake with each other and all of Daniel's queer friends, as well as the challenges. What will happen if and when these straight men choose to marry women and move out? Is there still joy to be found in the seasonality of such a home life? COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Have you lived with straight men? What's been joyous and difficult about sharing space with someone whose sexuality differs from yours? Have expectations been hard to communicate or meet? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 090 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Andrew's ConvoCast about moving across America to live in SoCal Daniel's first ConvoCast on body image Tom's blog, "I Just Wanted to Be a Man and Finish the Race" Daniel Black's novel, Don't Cry for Me RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok YOB's "Heart of a Brother" Spotify playlist MUSIC CREDIT “Already Home” by Hills x Hills; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Andrew returns to tell the tale of his cross-country move from Ohio to Southern California! What led him to leave the only home he'd ever known to find a new one? He shares about his upbringing in the Midwest, including many years of homeschooling, and a friend who prompted him to ponder the possibility of a new start. Andrew basks in the literal and existential sunshine of his new life in SoCal, talking about his new queer community and an accepting church that makes him feel at home in his faith and sexuality. But what of his masculinity? Where does and doesn't he feel quite "at home" in that arena? COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Have you made a big move for a new start? Do you perhaps want to make such a move but feel incapable, and what's holding you back? Where have you experienced found family or chosen family beyond your biological family? Where do you or don't you feel at home in your masculinity? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 089 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Andrew's first ConvoCast, discussing Heartstopper and asexuality RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok YOB's "Heart of a Brother" Spotify playlist MUSIC CREDIT “Already Home” by Hills x Hills; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Matt returns to discuss his home life: always living with his family even as he enters his late thirties! He explains the importance of family within his Navajo culture, sharing why he enjoys regularly going home to the reservation after moving away from it. But Matt also shares why he doesn't disclose anything about his sexuality with his conservative family. Despite this withholding, Matt feels at home with his churches and friends, particularly his male friends, claiming he's never felt more masculine and comfortable in his body than he does now. Will he always live with family, or does he aspire for another living situation in the future? COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Do you live with family, and if so, what are the joys and limitations of your living situation? How does your faith, sexuality, and masculinity affect your family, and vice versa? Are you out with your family, or do you hope to be one day? Do you aspire toward another living situation outside your family? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 088 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Matt's blog, "A Native American with Same-Sex Attraction" RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts Matt's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok YOB's "Heart of a Brother" Spotify playlist MUSIC CREDIT “Already Home” by Hills x Hills; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

We spend over half our lives at home; let's discuss how where we live impacts our faith, sexuality, and masculinity! Join us all summer AT HOME, as we connect with a different YOB community member in a different life stage and living situation. Today we welcome back Marshall to talk more about his unique home life: a 20-acre farm, living alongside 23 people in a central house, cabins, tiny houses, and RV's. How has Marshall enjoyed living alone in the past, and did he second-guess living with younger single men as an older single man? How did Marshall's many living situations over six decades lead to his buying this farm, and what's joyful and also challenging about leading such an intentional community of believers? COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Would you like to live on a large property with lots of people in intentional community, particularly if you live a single life longterm, or does that feel daunting to you? Do you definitively know whether it's better for you to live with others or perhaps alone? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 087 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE YOB ConvoCast 064: Tom's visit to Marshall's farm RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts Marshall's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok YOB's "Heart of a Brother" Spotify playlist MUSIC CREDIT “Already Home” by Hills x Hills; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

We kick off a new summer series, AT HOME: how our current life stages and living situations impact our faith, sexuality, and masculinity. Join us each episode for a new member of our YOB community sharing his story from various life stages and living situations. We start with our “plain old gay” Matt, who has been living with other gay men, both affirming and traditional, after 15 years of living by himself. We learn Matt's home environment growing up, including how that shaped his view of what the future would look like. What have been the joys and challenges of sharing his current and recent homes with other gay men, and what does he think of the “optics” of having fellow gay roommates, if anything at all? COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Have you lived with other gay men: Side A, Side B, or otherwise? What were the joys and challenges of sharing a home with gay roommates? Have you lived alone for an extended part of your life, and how has that shaped your sense of home? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 086 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Matt's first podcast on being a "plain old gay" Matt's second podcast on Gen Z fashion and a YOBBERS retreat recap RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok YOB's "Heart of a Brother" Spotify playlist MUSIC CREDIT “Already Home” by Hills x Hills; 100% clearance through Musicbed.  

Study Passage: Genesis 45:25-46:3025 So they went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob. 26 And they told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them. 27 But when they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. 28 And Israel said, “It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.” 1 So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” 3 Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. 4 I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes.” 5 Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him, 7 his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt. 8 Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, 9 and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. 11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob, and Shimron. 14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. 16 The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. 17 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob—sixteen persons. 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him. 21 And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob—fourteen persons in all. 23 The son of Dan: Hushim. 24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all. 26 All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six persons in all. 27 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy. 28 He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. 30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”

It's our State of the Sparrow podcast/community update! Tom goes on an off-the-grid trip, a new YOB ConvoCast summer series is coming, and we need new websites for YOB and YOS – which requires a talented web designer! Know anyone? Email Tom: tom@yourotherbrothers.com

As an active recording and touring musician for over thirty years, Brad cut his teeth as the guitarist and vocalist in From Ashes Rise, making music in a scene fraught with challenges to sound quality. He was raised in the North Mississippi Hill Country, surrounded by a rich and historic music scene, and, after studying Recording Industry Technology at Middle Tennessee State University in the late 1990s, Brad armed himself with a healthy obsession with records, sound, and music. He's always aimed to overcome the challenges independent artists face while helping them realize their vision of sonic perfection. Since founding Audiosiege in 2010, Brad, a self-described "musician's engineer", has mastered many notable albums, including Michael Stein and Kyle Dixon's opening sequence and Grammy-nominated official soundtrack for Netflix's "Stranger Things" series, the reissue of Sleep's monumental "Dopesmoker" LP, as well as records from Corrosion of Conformity, Nails, Samiam, Obituary, Yob, Twitching Tongues, and more. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT: Analog vs. digital mastering How file names can tell you a lot about a project Using meters to guide your decisions Having consistency in your levels and workflow Mastering albums made of previously mastered songs Using Metric AB for troubleshooting gear issues Getting client feedback Making sure your gear is calibrated properly Working on the Stranger Things soundtrack To learn more about Brad Boatright, visit: https://audiosiege.com/ For tips on how to improve your mixes, visit https://masteryourmix.com/ Notable gear mentioned in this episode: Manley Massive Passive: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/g1070g Brainworks AMEK EQ 250 Plugin: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/XYkR73 iZotope RX: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/xkyR2x Looking for 1-on-1 feedback and training to help you create pro-quality mixes? Check out my new coaching program Amplitude and apply to join: https://masteryourmix.com/amplitude/ Download your FREE copy of the Ultimate Mixing Blueprint: https://masteryourmix.com/blueprint/ Get your copy of my Amazon #1 bestselling books: The Recording Mindset: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Pro Recordings From Your Home Studio: https://therecordingmindset.com The Mixing Mindset: The Step-By-Step Formula For Creating Professional Rock Mixes From Your Home Studio: https://masteryourmix.com/mixingmindsetbook/ Join the FREE MasterYourMix Facebook community: https://links.masteryourmix.com/community To make sure that you don't miss an episode, make sure to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or on Android. Have your questions answered on the show. Send them to questions@masteryourmix.com Thanks for listening! Please leave a rating and review on iTunes!

Harrison Bly joins the show to discuss masculine friendship! Harrison is a member of our YOBBERS community and the author of Bent on Men, a book recently featured in our monthly YOBBERS Book Club. Both Tom and Harrison reference their books, sharing what happens after some pivotal friendships change, fizzle, or even disintegrate entirely after the final page. They discuss the friendship dynamics of connecting with straight men as well as fellow "Side B" men. What are the challenges or even road blocks to forming various male friendships? And what do we do with this loneliness epidemic which has hit men hard? COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Where are the victories and struggles alike in befriending both queer and straight men? Have you read Harrison's book, Bent on Men, and do you have any takeaways from the male friendships he's written about? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 085 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Harrison Bly's book, Bent on Men Harrison Bly's podcast appearance on Husband Material Tom's book, Struggle Central RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok YOB's "Heart of a Brother" Spotify playlist MUSIC CREDIT “Growing Pains” by Layup; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Save It For The Sack. Dory the Explory. No Core, No TMS and No Lt Yar! There Were THREE Bodies. Dungeon Murder - The Trading Card Game. Yawn's Yob. Reverse Cowgirl Twister. Whatever Alley I Have... It's Up It. Wrong Way Tornado. We're Pretty Steeped. Lion King and What's Her Bucket. Anthrax before Mater. HONG KONG TOILET. The Dice are High Enough with Tom. Lining up and sticking in the recommentals with Nicole and Randy and more on this episode of The Morning Stream. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Save It For The Sack. Dory the Explory. No Core, No TMS and No Lt Yar! There Were THREE Bodies. Dungeon Murder - The Trading Card Game. Yawn's Yob. Reverse Cowgirl Twister. Whatever Alley I Have... It's Up It. Wrong Way Tornado. We're Pretty Steeped. Lion King and What's Her Bucket. Anthrax before Mater. HONG KONG TOILET. The Dice are High Enough with Tom. Lining up and sticking in the recommentals with Nicole and Randy and more on this episode of The Morning Stream. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon joins the show from faraway Britain as our first native UK YOBBER! He tells us about his life in Oxfordshire, including a cat and his very own "flat." Tom bonds with Simon over their shared experiences in Oxford, including the very same bedroom. Simon gives us a lovely list of Britishisms, including the definition of a "yob." He also shares some of his story with faith and sexuality, enlightening us about Side B life from a non-American country. We also have an exciting update on the European YOBBERS retreat taking place later this year! COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Are you also from the UK, or do you have another non-American story to lend about faith/sexuality? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 084 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE YOB ConvoCast 082: Tom & Daniel Pitch this Summer's First European YOBBERS Retreat! RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok YOB's "Heart of a Brother" Spotify playlist MUSIC CREDIT “Growing Pains” by Layup; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

this episode is sponsored by Betterhelp.com/TheBarnIn 2024, HARVESTMAN, the brainchild of Neurosis' Steve Von Till, embarks on its most ambitious journey yet with the release of Triptych, a three-part album project set to coincide with three full moons throughout the year. With the first installment, Triptych: Part One, set to drop this Tuesday, April 23rd on the Pink Moon via Neurot Recordings, Steve was a recent guest on the Vulgar Display of Podcast in which he talks about the album and creative process.Triptych represents Von Till's exploration of a unique musical approach, weaving together diverse influences and musical elements into a cohesive tapestry that resonates with ancestral echoes. Recorded and mixed at The Crow's Nest in North Idaho, Von Till employs an array of instruments and techniques, including guitars, synths, percussion, and more, to craft each movement with meticulous care.Here are the visualizers for both "Psilosynth" and "Give Your Heart To The Hawk".Part One features guest contributions from luminaries such as Dave French of Yob, Al Cisneros of Sleep and OM fame, and John Goff of Cascadia Bagpiper. With masterful mastering by James Plotkin and striking artwork by Henry Hablak, Triptych: Part One is set to be released on various formats, including LP, CD, and digital platforms, with a special Bone White + Black Galaxy Effect vinyl variant packaged in a unique dub style jacket.At its core, Triptych is a testament to Von Till's deep engagement with the musical lineage that precedes him, offering a glimpse into the primordial forces that shape our collective consciousness. Drawing inspiration from ancient sites and folklore, Triptych is a sonic meditation on the enduring otherworldliness that resides within us all. Triptych invites us to transcend the constraints of time and immerse ourselves in a world where music becomes a portal to the sublime.With Triptych: Part One set to launch on April 23rd, HARVESTMAN invites us to join them on a voyage of sonic discovery, where the boundaries between reality and imagination blur, and where the echoes of the past reverberate into the future.www.betterhelp.com/TheBarnhttp://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn www.BetterHelp.com/TheBarnhttp://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn http://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarnThis episode is sponsored by www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn and presented to you by The Barn Media Group.

It's another community update pod; catch it now before it disappears like an asteroid passing over… GET IN TOUCH Email Tom: tom@yourotherbrothers.com Call the YOBline: 1.706.389.8009 Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok YOB's "Heart of a Brother" Spotify playlist

Erin returns to discuss the development of Your Other Sisters, including our recently held coed Zoom call with Your Other Brothers! We recap our YOB and YOS call, including a critical icebreaker of our favorite condiments. We invite all who are interested in these YOB and YOS developments to join us! Man or woman, shoot us an email to learn more: contact[at]yourotherbrothers[dot]com For the rest of the episode, we discuss this current season of Lent in these weeks leading up to Easter. We share some of our spiritual upbringings, including our experience with, or without, Lent, as well as with fasting in general. What are our motivations for fasting, and how do we practice fasting in healthy, God-honoring ways? How can we take our relationships with God in this season of Lent and continue growing them on the other side of Easter Sunday? COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE Are you observing Lent this year, or what is God teaching you in this season before Easter? Have you practiced fasting as a spiritual discipline? What prevents you or guides your motivations in fasting? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE YOB ConvoCast 083 LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Tom's Lent blog: "Do I Fast to Punish Myself or Meet with God?" YOBcast 088: Advent & Sexuality YOBcast 094: Lent & Sexuality YOB ConvoCast 071: Erin Resonates with Queer Culture and Pansexuality YOB ConvoCast 072: Tom Feels Out "Androsexual" and Recaps the Series with Erin! RATE/REVIEW US Apple Podcasts FOLLOW THE CAST Tom's posts GET IN TOUCH Call the YOBline: 706.389.8009 Email us: podcast@yourotherbrothers.com Mail us: Your Other Brothers / P.O. Box 843 / Asheville, NC 28802 SUPPORT YOB Pledge and join our Patreon community! Shop the YOB store! Give a one-time gift! FOLLOW YOB Facebook Instagram YouTube TikTok YOB's "Heart of a Brother" Spotify playlist MUSIC CREDIT “Growing Pains” by Layup; 100% clearance through Musicbed.

Our resident Enneagram Seven and unofficial international correspondent, Daniel, returns to pitch this summer's special gathering of YOBBERS -- in Europe! He joins Tom to discuss a smaller-scale retreat or "holiday" somewhere in the Mediterranean, inviting all who are interested to email him ASAP: daniel[at]yourotherbrothers[dot]com Daniel also catches us up on his life in London -- including the exciting news that he is now a British citizen! He tells us about one country where he's already traveled with his new passport, as well as another on the horizon to see a certain female pop star perform. Finally, we invite AI to listen in on our entire Zoom conversation and summarize the episode! It's...chillingly accurate. COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE ➡️ Where else should YOB plan a future retreat? What theme should we explore for another YOB ConvoCast series this summer? LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE ➡️ Daniel's Enneagram Seven ConvoCast PODCAST EPISODE PAGE ➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2024/03/08/yob-convocast-082-tom-daniel-pitch-the-first-european-yobbers-retreat RATE/REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465 FOLLOW THE CAST ➡️ Tom's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/ ➡️ Daniel's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/daniel/ GET IN TOUCH

First-time guest Andrew joins Tom to discuss Netflix's Heartstopper! It's a queer coming-of-age show that many in our YOB community have enjoyed, though its depictions of queer romance could also be distracting for some (nothing sexual in the first two seasons, just lots of same-sex kissing). We discuss what we loved from the characters in romantic pairings to the loyal friendships that ultimately reinforce this show. We devote our remaining time to the show's lone asexual character as two people in YOB who identify as asexual ourselves. What did we resonate with in this character, and where was the disconnect? COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE ➡️ Have you seen Heartstopper? What did you enjoy about the show, or where did you find something lacking? If you also identify with asexuality, what did you make of the show's take with its asexual character? LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE ➡️ Keegan's ConvoCast on bisexuality ➡️ Tom's ConvoCast on asexuality PODCAST EPISODE PAGE ➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2024/02/23/yob-convocast-081-tom-andrew-review-heartstopper-and-discuss-asexuality RATE/REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465 FOLLOW THE CAST ➡️ Tom's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/ GET IN TOUCH

Alex is announced as our newest regular YOB contributor, and we get right into analyzing his blogs! We start with discussing a reflection of last fall's YOBBERS retreat written by his mom and how this unique blog even came to be on our site. We also go behind the scenes and into greater depth with his recently posted blog about holding hands with his straight guy friends: one story in which a friend reached across a restaurant table to hold his hand, and another in which Alex extended his own hand toward a friend while walking with him in the park. How did fears of PDA impact both of these hand-holdings, and what other fears or insecurities did Alex wrestle with – both in the receiving and expressing of such open same-sex physical touch? COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE ➡️ Have you held hands with a male friend, straight or otherwise, in a public setting? What fears and/or triumphs have you experienced in the realm of physical touch with other men? LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE ➡️ Alex's 2023 retreat blog: "Renewing Hope and Forming a Liturgy for Brothers at the YOBBERS Retreat" ➡️ Alex's mom's 2023 retreat blog: "Impressions of the YOBBERS Retreat from the Heart of a Mom" ➡️ Alex's hand-holding blog: "The Healing Power of Holding Hands with Another Man" PODCAST EPISODE PAGE ➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2024/01/26/yob-convocast-079-alex-holds-hands-with-his-straight-guy-friends RATE/REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465 FOLLOW THE CAST ➡️ Tom's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/ ➡️ Alex's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/alex/ GET IN TOUCH

An exclusive conversation with Argyle's manager from 2015-2019, discussing a variety of topics largely around his time at Home Park - the highs, the lows and the behind-the-scenes!In his words, Derek gives us the low down on:(01:51) Morecambe's start to the season |(04:50) his start in management |(11:13) securing the Argyle Manager's job |(17:42) what he found out on his first day at Home Park |(21:56) Paul Cook and Portsmouth |(26:56) Wembley |(29:57) Graham Carey |(32:12) recruitment and man-management |(36:50) the greatest defensive display Anfield ever saw |(39:50) grinding out wins and promotion |(43:52) styles of football |(48:40) being the ‘Scottish Mourinho' |(51:15) “Yob”-gate |(53:02) them lot up the road & what colour Devon is |(56:50) part 2 preview Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Erin returns to help us SPAN THE SPECTRUM of our community from a woman's perspective! She updates us on her developments with Your Other Sisters, including a pivotal experience at Revoice this summer where she met some prospective YOS members as well as fellow YOB members for the first time. Sexuality aside, Erin discusses a general resonance with queer culture and then explains how her sexuality most aligns with pansexuality: an attraction for people regardless of gender. She also discloses being somewhere on the asexual (ace) spectrum. Erin shares some of her journey of self-discovery with sexuality, growing up in purity culture as a woman, living in Cambodia doing missions work, eventually dating men, and getting back to America on the other side of a pandemic. It's our penultimate episode of this summer sexuality series as we soon wrap things up with our finale! Erin's Pirates of the Caribbean costume: LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE ➡️ Erin's first ConvoCast: Tom & Erin Want Your Other Sisters to be a Thing! ➡️ Erin's guest blog: "How Your Other Brothers Has Impacted Me as a Woman" COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE ➡️ Do you resonate more with queer culture than straight culture? How did purity culture shape your sexuality and sense of self-worth? Does pansexuality also best fit your sexuality? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE ➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/09/08/yob-convocast-071-erin-resonates-with-queer-culture-and-pansexuality RATE/REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465 FOLLOW THE CAST ➡️ Tom's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/ GET IN TOUCH

Matthew makes his first appearance on the podcast after writing a couple guest blogs for us! He currently serves on YOB's leadership team and is, in his own words: "just a plain old gay." He's been active in the YOB community for years, but why did it take so long for him to share his story publicly? He opens up about his long road of coming out to himself before he could ever come out to other people, referencing his Enneagram Three shame with authenticity and difficult emotions. He talks about taking metaphorical trips to the desert to lament his dreams of marriage, family, ministry, purpose, and influence, and he also beams about his sexuality's blessings, including a moment leading worship at his first YOBBERS retreat in 2021. Join us as we continue SPANNING THE SPECTRUM of sexuality in our community! We hope you feel heard and seen, all you plain old gays out there. LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE ➡️ Matthew's first blog, "My Gay Secret Led Me to Becoming an Other Brother" ➡️ Matthew's second blog, "As Spring Melts the Shame of My Sexuality" COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE ➡️ Do you feel unremarkable as a "plain old gay"? Where have you seen God lessen or break your shame, and use your sexuality for His glory? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE ➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/09/01/yob-convocast-070-matthew-finally-comes-out-as-a-plain-old-gay RATE/REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465 FOLLOW THE CAST ➡️ Tom's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/ GET IN TOUCH

Keegan returns to the podcast after two and a half years to give another perspective on bisexuality in this SPANNING THE SPECTRUM sexuality series. He shares what resonated with Alex's bi episode, like the concept of "bi panic," along with how he contrasted with the conversation as well, such as feeling like a "minority of a minority" in our YOB community. He tells his story of coming to grips with bisexuality, including how YOB played a role in this revelation. Tom and Keegan also bond over recently hanging out in person for the first time! LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE ➡️ Keegan's first ConvoCast: "Tom & Keegan Encourage the Lurkers!" COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE ➡️ Are you bisexual? What resonates or contrasts with your story? Do you feel like a "minority of a minority" in Side B circles? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE ➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/08/12/yob-convocast-068-keegan-sees-beauty-in-more-than-one-type-of-person-as-a-bisexual RATE/REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465 FOLLOW THE CAST ➡️ Tom's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/ GET IN TOUCH

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This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.com.Heavenly Father, as we come across this beautiful text, where we see a father and a son reunited after decades of being apart. Lord, I pray that You, today, focus our attention on how incredible the moment will be when we meet You in heaven, when we see You face to face, when we walk with You as Adam walked with You in the garden. Lord, we are also reminded that there are many enemies of your family, enemies of the family. And I pray, Lord, from this text, remind us about how precious humans are, remind us how precious the family is, how precious children are.And Lord, we thank You for the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus, we thank You that despite our sin, despite our transgressions against You, and against one another, You offer us grace even today. We thank You that You loved us so much that you died for us when we were, yes, sinners, and we thank You so much that You continue to love us even when we do sin. We pray for that grace, I pray, apply it to us today. Lord, also, in the same way that Jacob spoke to You and You spoke to him, he met with You and You met with him, I pray, meet with us today. By the power of the Holy Spirit, speak to us in a way that our souls need to hear, not from a person but from You. And we pray all this in Christ's holy name. Amen.We're continuing our sermon series entitled, Graduate Level Grace, a Study in the Life of Joseph. Today, we are in Chapter 46. The title is, A Glorious Reunion, where we see Jacob, who is 130 years old at this time, feeble Jacob, meeting his son Joseph, who has been prime minister of Egypt. Joseph is in late 30s, early 40s. And we see this glorious reunion. It's a reminder to us of the incredible promise of God that every child of God will one day soon see God face to face. We will see Jesus Christ face to face. 1 John 3:2 promises, "When he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is." And what a glorious reunion that will be. We long for the coming of Christ. We pray for it. Come, Lord Jesus, come. Today, our text before us narrates this glorious reunion, certainly not nearly on the same scale as our physical reunion with Christ, but certainly beautiful, certainly heartwarming, and hope infusing.Imagine living for two decades thinking your beloved son was dead or worse. And then, you're given an opportunity to meet him and you realize that this was all part of God's plan from the very beginning. And it didn't make sense until this culmination, until this moment. But from the perspective of this moment, everything just makes sense. What Jacob learned was his life was not his own and his life was not about him. Joseph learned this as well. This whole story is about God who longs to bless not just this family, but the nations of the world through this family. And for that blessing to come, this family needed to be reconciled with God, reconciled with one another, and then through them would be sent Jesus Christ. And only through Jesus Christ can our relationship be restored with God, because we in and of ourselves are estranged from God, estranged and alienated.To fight off our natural tendency to read every scripture with its main character syndrome. We are reminded here from this story that God has greater plans for our lives than we could ever imagine. And here what this text does is it answers two main overarching meta-narrative questions. How did Israel end up in Egypt? How were they enslaved for 400 years? Why did all this happen? Well, it happened according to God's plan. And then God sent Moses to tell Pharaoh, "Let my people go." And God promised to Abraham that he would make his family into a nation. And that nation is formed in the crucible of oppression and adversity and slavery in Egypt. And this is what God was... he promised Abraham this from the beginning. "I am going to allow the people to be enslaved." And during that time, God prepared the land of Canaan and he prepared the people of Israel. This is Genesis 15:13 through 16."Then the Lord said to Abraham, 'Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in the land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for 400 years. But I will bring judgment on the nation that you serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. And they shall come back here in the fourth generation, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.'" So as the family of Abraham is removed from the land of Canaan, with them goes God's common grace on the people of Canaan and with the last of a godly witness removed from the land that Canaanites take their sin and their evil to its logical consequence, and then are ultimately consigned to judgment via the invasion by Israel.So that's the introduction and three points for our text. First, is Israel Moves to Egypt. Second, The Family of Israel and three, Israel and Joseph are Reunited. By Israel here, this is the name that God gave Jacob as he renamed him and redefined his identity. And so they're used interchangeably in the text. So first, Israel Moves to Egypt. This is Genesis 46:1-4. "So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, 'Jacob, Jacob.' And he said, 'Here I am.' Then he said, 'I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I'll make you into a great nation. And I myself will go down with you to Egypt and I will bring you up again, and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes.'"So Israel, formerly known as Jacob, offers sacrifices to God. God speaks to him in a vision and he's called Israel here to emphasize that it's not just a personal decision and it's not just a family decision. This is a national decision, and because God promised, "I will make of you a great nation." Perhaps Jacob hesitated leaving the promised land without the Lord's explicit permission. His whole family has been told that this is the promised land, "Don't ever leave." And it's a huge deal to uproot and transplant your whole family. And the fact that his whole family, hundreds of people the text later tells us were willing to follow his leadership, shows us that he has grown as a father and as a leader in his household. If he is to leave, there is much to be sacrificed. If Jacob is to leave the promised land, he's going to leave the grave of his wife, Rachel.And this is probably one of the hardest decisions of his life. And he's lived a life of many hard decisions. And so he's seeking assurance. "God, are you going with me? God, is this your plan? God is this your will?" And before he makes that decision, he goes to a place that's very meaningful to him, a place where God has met him often. He goes to Beersheba. Beersheba is 26 miles south of Hebron and marks the southern boundary of usable land. It's the last stop before Egypt. Beersheba is where Abraham made a covenant with Abimelech. This is where he planted a tree, this is where he lived. Abraham did after God stopped him from sacrificing Isaac. This is where Isaac built an altar later in life, and the Lord appeared to him.And Jacob was also familiar with Beersheba because after he left home when Esau was pursuing him, this was his first stop on the journey of Laban's house. And this is where God wrestled with him. Scripture says that, "He wrestled in prayer at night with an angel," and then it said that God met him. So most likely this is a theophany and a physical manifestation of God. Maybe it was Christ himself. This is where he had a stone for a pillow. And then he saw a staircase toward heaven with the angels of God ascending and descending. This is where God made a promise to him originally in Genesis 20:15, "Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."And one of the beauties of reading a historical narrative is we see the progression in a person's life. We see the character development not just in terms of fictional character development, but in terms of the integrity of this man. Jacob had finally learned to put God first. This wasn't true of him when he was younger. God had taken his beloved Rachel, God had taken his beloved Joseph. And when God disciples his children, this is usually how he does it. He goes for the most sensitive parts in our life. He goes for the most sensitive parts of our heart, the place that we will call, my precious. Lord, I give you all except for this. Lord, this is the only part I keep off limits. Is there an object or a person around which your heart has wrapped itself more than any other? Something or someone who rises to God's rival in your heart?Well, that's what God often deprives us of and this is what happened with Abraham. Abraham, "Here's your son, your long awaited son, your beloved son, sacrifice him." God stopped him. And this was a story with Jacob. There were idolatrous relationships in his life. There were misprioritized things in his life. And here finally we see that Jacob has grown. God tested him with Benjamin, "Will you continue your idolatrous favoritism sacrificing the family for Benjamin or will you release him to the Lord?" And Lord Jesus taught us this principle in the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 6:33, "But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things will be added to you." What were all these things in that context? It's our physical needs. Our physical needs, although important, are not as important as seeking the kingdom of God. Is this a priority in your life?And although Jacob hasn't seen Joseph for nearly 22 years, he stops. You're thinking, "I haven't seen my son in this long. I'm going to do everything to get to him as quickly as possible." No, he stops the expedition to do what? To worship God, the God of his father's Abraham and Isaac. When going through a season where you are before a critical juncture, before a critical decision, when you are in doubt, what are called to do from this text? We can learn, we're to worship in a time of worry or anxiety or doubts or stress or upheaval or uncertainty. What does Jacob do? He pauses to make time to worship God. And he makes sacrifices to God. He humbly offers sacrifices because he understood that no one can approach God except on the basis of a blood sacrifice.We've all sinned and scripture teaches that the penalty for sin is a shedding of blood. And before Jesus Christ, they did that through the animal sacrifices. But praise be to God today, we can come to God on the basis of Christ's sacrifice. We don't have to shed blood on the basis of Christ, shed blood on Calvary's cross, we come to him. By offering sacrifices, Jacob is worshiping God because there's no true worship of God without sacrifice because what does it mean to worship? Worship is significantly more than just singing. Singing is an integral part of it, but worship is you're loving God. You're showing God that you're loving Him and to love anyone and including God takes sacrifice. And we are to sacrifice. We are to sacrifice time. We are to be religious, so to speak, about our relationship with the Lord.You've heard this often and I've said this often, Christianity is not a religion, It's about a relationship with the Lord. And I wholeheartedly agree with that as long as you understand your relationship with God. And God has expectations and God makes mandates on us. People are religious about what they find to be important. You're religious about what you find to be most important. Food, health, fitness, education, career, money. You make time for what matters. The question is, are you religious about your relationship with God? And this is why it's important to have a day where you devote to the Lord, the Sabbath day. It is a commandment. And God gave us this day, a day of rest to religiously worship God from the heart because that's what builds our relationship with the Lord.And often I've heard people say, "Well, yeah, you know church isn't that important. What's most important is my relationship with the Lord. And if I do sin, there's grace," and et cetera. Yes, God forgives all of our sins. The moment you come to the Lord, you presenting your sin, God forgives you of past, present, and future. But for what purpose? Why does God forgive us our sins? So we continue to live for ourselves and go along our merry way? No, it's so that we grow in awe and reverence of God. For example, Psalm 130:3, "If you, O Lord should, mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness that you may be feared." We should stand in great awe and wonder and astonishment that God would forgive me of my sins without a blood sacrifice of an animal.How? How could this be possible? Well, what did it take? It took the death of his beloved son. So yes, Lord, I worship You. I love You. Thank You. I'm here to serve. What is your will? Lord, I fear You and I'm in awe of You. So the Lord here meets Jacob and he uses the old name twice. He doesn't call him Israel. He calls him Jacob, and he says it twice. A sign of love, a sign of affection, and God meets Jacob here for the seventh and last recorded time. Jacob makes a sacrifice to meet with the Lord. And the Lord responds and he meets him. And this is a principle the scripture teaches us, approach God, come close to God and he will come close to you. In particular in times where you have to make a decision that is going to impact the trajectory of your life.So, friend, do you make it a practice of inquiring of the Lord before making life altering decisions or do you make the decision and then hope that the Lord blesses it? Here we see the pattern that before Jacob goes on this expedition, moves his whole family, uproot all of them, he meets with the Lord. So important decision like, Lord, should I move? Lord, where should I move? Lord, whom should I marry? Lord, should we have children? When should we have children? How many? The more important the decision, the more important the juncture in life, the more crucial it is to seek the Lord's face and the Lord's will. We don't discern God's will by presenting burnt sacrifices. Praise be to God. Instead, we discern God's will by presenting ourselves as a living sacrifice to the Lord. This is how we discern God's will.For example, Romans 12:1-2, "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect." God, what's your will for my life? And his response is, "Worship me. Worship me holistically. Worship me by presenting your body as a living sacrifice." I said, "Lord, whatever you call me to do, whatever sacrifice it takes, I'll do it." And once you do this, that humble posture of heart puts you in a place where God begins to work out the details of the plan. And the more momentous the decision, the more important to seek certainty through worship, through sacrifice. And then the Lord guides us.For example, Psalm 25:8-9, "Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right, and he teaches the humble His way." Psalm 32:8-9, "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Be not like the horse or a mule, without understanding, which must be curbed with a bit and bridle, or it will not stay near you." The words of Jesus Christ where he calls himself the good shepherd and he says, "His sheep, believers, hear His voice."John 10:1-4, "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheep fold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him, the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he is brought out all his own, he goes before them and the sheep follow him for they know his voice." Jacob responds, and when he hears the voice of the Lord, he says, "Here I am." And if you're in true and full fellowship with God, that's the natural state of your heart, Lord, here I am, Lord, speak to me. What would you have me do?This is the Lord's last recorded revelation until God speaks to Moses four centuries later. So God here makes a weighty promise to Jacob and to Jacob's descendants, he says, "Don't be afraid. Don't be afraid to go to Egypt," and here's why, "for there, he says, "I will make of you a great nation." And he says, "I will go down with you into Egypt and I will bring you up again, and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes." So God makes it clear that this move is about significantly more than just temporary reprieve from the famine. This was God's definite plan to turn this family into a nation from whom the God man, Jesus Christ, would come and provide redemption for all of the elect from this nation and from all nations. "I myself will go down with you."Do we have a promise like this? There are moments in life where you need this promise, the promise that Jesus gives us in the great commission of Matthew 28:20, "Behold, I'm with you always to the end of the age. Behold I am with you always." This is reassuring, especially when you begin a new season in life or especially if you perhaps move to Boston, you're new. In between service, I met a college student entering his freshman year. I could tell by his eyes he's excited, he's excited. And when I told him I was like, I invited him to my community group. I was like, "You need spiritual family. I've seen this too often, bright-eyed, bushy-tailed freshmen showing up and they get eaten alive by this city. You need a family, you need a community. You need people around you that point you to Christ and say, 'Look, the Lord is with you. The Lord is with you, so live accordingly.0"Genesis 46:5-7, "Then Jacob set out from Bathsheba and the sons of Israel carried Jacob, their father, their little ones and their wives and the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. And they also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt. And Jacob and all his offspring with him, his sons and his sons' sons with him, his daughters and his sons' daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt." Point two is, The Family of Israel. And here the text gives us an expanded list of descendants of Jacob. I'm going read the genealogy. And you're like, "How does Pastor John know how to pronounce all of these words?"I will tell you, I'm making it up on the fly because I was taught in seminary when you get to a list like this, you say it with confidence and you say it quickly and no one really questions you. But I think it's an important this genealogy because there's people and their image bears of God, and God loves people and God loves families and God loves children. And these texts are here to remind us that we are to orient our lives around loving people and loving family and loving God's family. So Genesis 46:8-18, "Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman.""The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shalah, Perez, and Zarah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. And the sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob and Shimron. The sons of Zebulun: Sared, Elon and Jahleel. And these are the sons of Leah whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dina; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered 33. The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggai, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi and Areli. The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Beriah and Serah, their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. And these are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob, 16 persons."Some of these grandsons were born in Egypt already, and Hebrew genealogies didn't usually mention daughters. And I've had this conversation with my daughters. Whenever we get to genealogies as we do in Bible study, like, "Hey, why is it just guys? Why are the men mentioned and not all of the women?" Obviously Jacob had sons and he had many daughters. Well, because the man wasn't just an individual, the name of the man it's not just about the guy, it's about the household. The man is a representative of the household because the man is the head of the household, meaning that God is going to hold the man responsible, the husband, the father, for the household. And this should inform the way that we think through family.Why is Serah mentioned? Most likely, perhaps she wasn't married and she was still part of her father's household. Genesis 46:19-22, "The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, and the daughter of Potiphere, the priest of On, bore to him. And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard. And these are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob. 14 persons in all." So we see Benjamin, who most likely he's the youngest son and most likely he's in his 20s now, or he may be younger. And 10 of his sons are mentioned and most likely these are his future offspring. It's not he had 10 sons already. And they're included here because of the fact that they were in Benjamin when Benjamin entered Egypt.The theological language is, they were in his loins. And this language is used in the book of Hebrews in the chapter on Melchizedek. Which just informed us that God views us from an internal perspective and God views our decisions from internal perspective. Sometimes we think that what we do in this life, in this body doesn't make much difference outside of us or outside of our little circle of influence. But from God's perspective, nothing that a believer does is secular except sin. Everything that we do is sacred. And so I bring this in from Hebrews 7:1-10, where there's the story of Melchizedek and Abraham meets him, and Abraham worships God and sacrifices 10% to Melchizedek. And the text comments that Levi, who was with Abraham at the time was also giving that tithe to Melchizedek.So look at the text with me. Hebrews 7:1-10, "For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, and to him, Abraham apportioned a 10th part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, that is, king of peace. He is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God he continues a priest forever. See how great this man was to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a 10th of the spoils! And those descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have a commandment in the law to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers though these are also descended from Abraham. But this man who does not have his descent from them received tithe from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.""It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior. In the one case tithes are received by mortal men, but in the other case, by one of whom is testified that he lives. One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, for he was still in the loins of his ancestor when Melchizedek met him." Well, what an interesting turn of phrase. Well, this shows us that from God's perspective, he sees the whole thing. And theology like this needs to expand our thinking. And in particular, in a day and age where young people are just taught to live for yourself, actualize yourself, focus on career, focus on money, focus on pleasure, focus on luxury, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, focus on a good time.Where texts like this remind us, look, God does give us good gifts and oftentimes he does bless us with good times. But God wants us to think about legacy, think about generations, think about how we live today impacts not just us and the people around us today, but centuries to come. And texts like this are important. And we do emphasize at Mosaic, the first commandment, which is the great mandate. This is Genesis 1:27-28, "God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them. And God blessed them. And said to them, 'Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'" So this genealogy and the many in scripture reveal how God plans to bless the world is through the family.God builds his kingdom through the family, the father, mother and children, and then the families build the community. And God promised to bless the nations of the world through his family and the family unit. And I just say that to emphasize the fact that we are to care for families and we are to love children. I love seeing children at Mosaic and this is why we emphasize so much on Mini Mosaic. We want to disciple our beautiful children. These are eternal souls, these are the future of the church, they're going to impact the world for centuries. So I just say this because in the heart of God, God wants people to love children and wants people to love family. I don't know how that works out in your life. I ask for the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, but it is an orientation of life.For example, Psalm 1:27, "Unless the Lord builds the house and those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain. And it is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil for he gives to his beloved sleep. Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord. The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them. He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate." By God's grace, I have four little arrows. Pink. They're pink arrows. Four girls we have, and man, they're sharp. We are sharpening them. They are going to fly far, hopefully not too far.Genesis 46:23-27, "The sons of Dan: Hushim. And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem. And these are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and those she bore to Jacob, seven persons in all. And all the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob's son's wives, were 66 persons in all. And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him and Egypt, were two. And all the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were 70." Was the number precisely 70? Here it says 66, but that doesn't include those who died in Canaan, Ephraim and Manasseh. 70, it just represents fullness, totality, completeness. And the emphasis here is on all of Israel went down into Egypt.The list stands in stark contrast with the multitude of people that Moses led out of Egypt 400 years later, most likely there were 2 million plus of them. And so God grew this family into a nation and He often tells them, "Do not get proud of your numbers, do not get proud of your power, but trust in the Lord." Point three is, Israel and Joseph are Reunited. And this is verse 28. "He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. And then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel, his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. And Israel said to Joseph, 'Now let me die since, I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.'"First, we see that Jacob tells Judah, remember Judah? Judah's the one that sinned with Tamar, just egregious sinner, but he repented and he rebuilt his trust with his father. So now his father takes him, not Reuben, the oldest, but he takes Judah and sends him to prepare the way before him. That's a tremendous hopeful verse right there. And Joseph comes riding in style. He looks like an Egyptian, dressed like an Egyptian, has his state chariot probably with an entourage of servants. Jacob must have hardly recognized him. And we see them with one of the most beautiful reunions in all of scripture. So haven't seen your son for decades, and now you see him. And Joseph fell on his father's neck and he weeps and he weeps and they are consoled.Not many words are spoken, no words are needed and at times like this, when feelings are so deep. Jacob's son, whom he bewailed and lamented over for years is now in his arms. And Jacob finally speaks and he says, "I'm ready to die. I've seen my son. I'm ready to die." And similar sentiment to that of Simeon and Luke chapter two, when Mary and Joseph bring Jesus to the temple, and Simeon who's been waiting his whole life to see the Messiah. It says in Luke 2:28, and he said that, "He took him in his arms and blessed God and said, 'Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation that you've prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel.'"Genesis 46:31, "Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, 'I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, 'My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. And the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.' When Pharaoh calls you and says, 'What is your occupation?' you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers' in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.'" We see Joseph's wisdom at work here as an administrator, as a politician. He coaches his family on what to say and how to say it to Pharaoh so that they get what they want.What do they want? They want the best land in all of Egypt and Goshen, luscious pasture land for their flocks. And they would be secluded from any pressure of the Egyptian culture. But in order to get that land, they have to tell Pharaoh and the Egyptians that they're shepherds, which is unflattering. The Egyptians viewed shepherds as an abomination and that was the lowest of the low. But Joseph says, "We're going to lead with this. Tell Pharaoh this and nothing else so that you get this land." And by God's grace, that's what happened. It's incredible how the Lord provides for this family here, but he does this after decades of exposing their sin, decades of exposing their evil. And by God's grace, he gets them to this place where they're presented before Pharaoh and their needs are met. Joseph serves in this text as a prototype of Christ, saving his family, being put in a position where he can save his family just like Christ was.Christ was put in a position where he can offer salvation to us. But in order to provide salvation for us, Christ had to be forsaken by the Father. When Jesus Christ took our sin upon himself, God, the Father had to turn his face from God, the Son. For the very first time in all of eternity there's a separation in the communion between father and son. The beloved son was forsaken by our loving father. Why? So that the father could extend his love and forgiveness to us and make us sons and daughters. Psalm 22 is one of the most powerful prophetic psalms in all of scripture. A messianic Psalm. Jesus quotes liberally from the Psalm, from the cross.It begins like this, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer. And by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In you are fathers trusted; they trusted and you delivered them. To you, they cried and were rescued; in you they trusted and were not put to shame." How can a holy God provide deliverance for sinful, idolatrous, rebellious, and grumbling people? Because he offered up his son, Jesus Christ for us. Psalm 22:6-8, "But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind, despised by the people. All who see me mock me; They make mouths at me; they wag their heads. 'He trusts in the Lord. Let him deliver him: let him rescue him, for he delights in him!'"Yes, the Father does delight in the Son. He said that at Christ's baptism, but on the cross, he turned his face of delight away and Christ, what did he experience? Only the wrath of God. Psalm 22:16-18, "For dogs encompassed me; a company of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet. I can count all my bones. They stare and glow over me; they divide my garments among them and for my clothing, they cast lots. They've pierced my hands and feet." Centuries before crucifixion was even invented as a form of capital punishment, the text predicts that Christ's hands, Christ's feet would be pierced. There's another story in scripture about father and son reconciled, although in an inverted way, with the son coming to the father. And that's a story of the prodigal son.In Joseph's case, he was the one watching and waiting for his father. In the story of the prodigal son, what's most striking, and the story is the son knew the father's will completely, the son knew the father's love, experienced it completely. And from early on he was raised in a loving home. He was taught the right way, he was provided for. And yet despite all the father's love, the son rebels. And finally, the son comes to his senses. He repents in his heart. And then he repents before his father in Luke 15:17 says, "But when he came to himself and he said, 'How many of my fathers hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger. I will arise and go to my father and I'll say to him, Father, I've sinned against heaven and before you. I'm no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.'""And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, 'Father, I've sinned against heaven and before you. I'm no longer worthy to be called your son.' But the father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, put it on him and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet. And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to celebrate." "My son was dead and is alive again," prophetic words in the life of Joseph, prophetic words in the life of the prodigal son, prophetic words in Christ. Christ died and he was buried and was raised on the third day.As you meditate on the gospel, it's hard to figure out what's more amazing. Is it that Christ loves us so much that he would die for our sins? Or is it that Christ continues to love us even after we continue to sin? Is it Christ dying on the cross when we didn't deserve it? Or is it Christ continuing to love us despite of our unloveliness? And when I call people to repentance, I do want to mention, it's an invitation. Repentance is an invitation to come and have your sins forgiven. Have not just the penalty of your sins forgiven, but even the traces of sin in your life, God wants to remove through the process of sanctification. If God calls us to repent, it means he's willing to forgive, It means he's willing to welcome us home.The last couple of weeks I was on vacation, sort of, turned into a staycation. Our daughters, we sent them to overnight summer camp. And this is the first time we sent all four, all four of my little arrows, we shot them to summer camp for two weeks. It was tremendous. So my wife and I, we had the place all to ourselves and we're like, "What are we going to do?" And then my wife looks at the hallway and she's like, "You know what? I think the hallway could use a fresh coat of paint." And I was like, "Oh, oh, no." And then I painted it and it looks so good. I'm pretty good at painting. I grew up painting with my dad, Vlad, my dad, Vlad has a business called Vlad's Painting, if your house looks bad, don't get sad, call Vlad.So I grew up doing that. So I painted the hallway and my wife was just pouring on the praise because she knows that's going to keep me going. She's like, "Look at your lines, they're so perfect. Look at the walls. Look." And then she's like, "The living room. I think we should do..." So two weeks later, every single square inch of our place is repainted except the floors. And then we got back to church and Pastor Andy said, "How was your vacation?" And my wife, she says, "It was great, we spent two weeks repenting," because she has a Ukrainian accent. And then Pastor Andy looked at me and he is like, "Good, good." And I was like, "No, we're repainting." But I'm telling you, there's a connection, painting is very similar to repentance, if you do it well. There's bad painting where you just cover up everything, fresh coat and that's it.And then there's good painting, what makes good painting is the prep work. You got to sand everything down, you got to get... we had a wall next to one of our beds that was just covered in boogers. I will not mention. So you got to scrape it all off. And that's kind of how I view the Christian life. The Christian life is yes, you're welcoming Jesus Christ into your life, but Jesus doesn't just forgive you and just say, "Okay, keep living any way you want." No, Jesus loves you too much to leave you the way you are. He brings his grace in. And little by little sands things down, fixes things up and patches things up. And when you get the end product, it's just gorgeous. In this life, we're never going to get away completely from sin, although we grow in sanctification.But there will come a day when we will have glorious bodies in the new heavens and the new earth, where we will have the glorious reunion with God, where we'll walk with God as Adam did. We'll dwell with God, who will be amongst us. And this text is a hopeful text. And I'll end with this, Revelation 21:1-8, "And then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven, and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.'""'He'll wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former, things have passed away.' And he who was seated on the throne said, 'Behold, I'm making all things new.' And he said, 'Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.' And he said to me, 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of water of life without payment. The one who conquers will have this heritage and I'll be his God and he will be my son. But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.'"So, friends, today, repent, believe, receive the grace of God and walk with the Lord taking up your cross daily as you follow Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. And let us do it with love and joy and delight with the God, our Father. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we thank you that you are a loving God. We thank you that you delight in us, not because of our righteousness or our goodness or our holiness, but because of the righteousness of your son, Jesus Christ. Christ, we thank you that on the cross you were willing to be forsaken by God, the Father, in order to offer to us reconciliation. Yes, in and of ourselves, Lord, we are sinners and alienated from you, but we ask for forgiveness. And we ask for your grace.And, Lord, for if there's anyone who's still far from you, I pray, draw them to yourself. And I pray, Lord, draw them home, home to a loving relationship with God, our Father. Lord, continue to use us powerfully as believers and as a church to draw many who are far from you to the family of God. And we pray all this in Christ's name. Amen.

We continue SPANNING THE SPECTRUM of sexual identity in our community as first-time guest Adam opens up about being cross-oriented: physically and sexually attracted to men, and romantically and emotionally attracted to women. He also describes this orientation as "heteroromantic homosexual." We dive into the nuance of his unique orientation: why Adam doesn't identify as bisexual, and why Adam steers away from any association of "identity" to describe his orientation. We close the episode with the struggles and joys of being cross-oriented: how Adam sometimes wonders where he belongs (even within YOB as he shares an uncomfortable experience from his first retreat), and how Adam can empathize with many types of people (serving him well as an Enneagram Two). COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE ➡️ Do you resonate with being cross-oriented? How have you pieced together your sexuality in this journey of self-discovery? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE ➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/07/21/yob-convocast-067-adam-is-cross-oriented-a-heteroromantic-homosexual RATE/REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465 FOLLOW THE CAST ➡️ Tom's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/ GET IN TOUCH

Alex returns to discuss his sexual identity as a bisexual Christian in this "Spanning the Spectrum" ConvoCast series! Alex answers whether he's felt like a "minority of a minority" in our YOB community, and he shares his long journey coming to terms with his bisexuality -- both with himself and the Holy Spirit. He dispels the myth that he and all other bi people are 50-50 attracted both to men and women at all times and in all seasons of life. He shares why it isn't necessarily "easier" being attracted to both sexes rather than exclusively attracted to the same sex as a Side B person. And we close the episode as Alex shares the joys and blessings of being a bisexual Christian, building an empathy for all kinds of people. LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE ➡️ Alex's Love, Victor ConvoCast ➡️ Alex's Enneagram 4 ConvoCast COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE ➡️ Are you also a bisexual Christian? What's your greatest struggle as well as your deepest joy in your sexuality? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE ➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/07/08/yob-convocast-065-alex-explains-the-two-way-tension-of-being-a-bisexual-christian RATE/REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465 FOLLOW THE CAST ➡️ Tom's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/ GET IN TOUCH

Marshall joins us as another "OG" contributor and cofounder of YOB to share his perspective on this "Spanning the Spectrum" sexual identity series. He shares why he doesn't identify as gay or SSA despite only experiencing attraction for men. He also discusses a marriage conversation he once had with a woman he dated. He shares the time of his life that presented his greatest struggles with gay temptation, as well as the thing that's brought him the most joy in his sexuality. Tom closes the conversation with a little surprise for Marshall in the form of a song! LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Owl City's "Field Notes": https://youtu.be/-LZ_xoHAQfk COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE ➡️ How do you sexually identify, if you do? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE ➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/06/23/yob-convocast-064-marshall-prefers-not-to-sexually-identify-as-anything RATE/REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465 FOLLOW THE CAST ➡️ Tom's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/ ➡️ Marshall's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/marshall/ GET IN TOUCH

We kick off a new summer ConvoCast series exploring the diverse sexual identifications within our YOB community. We start with Matt who identifies as gay and Christian, but not those two identities together. He tells of his journey from "SSA" to gay and how he recently experienced feelings for a girl for the first time in his life. He shares about going to a source outside the Church to learn whether his sexual identification is as rigid as it seems. LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE Matt's blog: "Why I Don't Call Myself a Gay Christian" Matt's blog: "So, I Told a Girl I Like Her" COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE ➡️ How do you identify? Do you also resonate with the tension of identifying as a gay Christian? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE ➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/06/17/yob-convocast-063-matt-is-gay-and-christian-but-not-a-gay-christian RATE/REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465 FOLLOW THE CAST ➡️ Tom's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/ ➡️ Matt's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/matt/ GET IN TOUCH

How do we walk with integrity as Side B people? Must it include a wide-scale coming out, an authenticity of the external matching our internal selves? Which experiences have defined our convictions and courage to follow Jesus as we're doing? Join Tom, Aaron, and Will for this discussion on YOB's fifth value, including the origin stories of incorporating more Jesus into our content as well as determining our symbol for integrity: cairns on a path! LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE ➡️ YOB's 7 Values: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/values/ ➡️ Wesley's art: https://www.artofatlas.com/ COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE ➡️ Which experiences have shaped your convictions on this journey? What is integrity defined for you? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE ➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/03/31/yobcast-105-integrity RATE/REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465 FOLLOW THE CAST ➡️ Tom's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/ ➡️ Will's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/willc/ ➡️ Aaron's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/aaron/ GET IN TOUCH

Vulnerability is uncomfortable, even scary, so why do we value it so highly in our community? Sharing our story, including our sexuality, may have once felt like the most daunting or impossible task. And yet what would have been the cost to our lives had we not been vulnerable? What if we had stayed silent, closeted, cut off from such a significant aspect of ourselves with ourselves, God, and other people? Indeed, what if vulnerability that feels like weakness is actually strength – especially when practiced in a community? Join Tom, Ben, and Aaron for quite the “bread and butter” discussion on YOB's fourth value! LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE ➡️ YOB's 7 Values: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/values/ ➡️ Wesley's art: https://www.artofatlas.com/ ➡️ Aaron's blog, "Running from the Call to Come Out": https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2019/08/06/running-from-the-call-to-come-out/ COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE ➡️ When were you first vulnerable about your story – with others, with God, and with self? When have you seen your vulnerability beget another's vulnerability – or vice versa? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE ➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/03/18/yobcast-104-vulnerability RATE/REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465 FOLLOW THE CAST ➡️ Tom's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/ ➡️ Ben's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/ben/ ➡️ Aaron's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/aaron/ GET IN TOUCH

Joy and sorrow share a tenuous connection. We explore the presence of joy in our YOB community and why it wasn't one of our original values. We bask in the joy of retreats past and explore the joy to be found in our lives and sexualities, looking to Jesus' example as he took the cup from his Father, following the joy set before him. Join Tom, Ryan, and Will for their first joyful episode together! LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE ➡️ YOB's 7 Values: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/values/ ➡️ Wesley's art: https://www.artofatlas.com/ COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE ➡️ Where have you seen and felt life's truest joys? Where have you suffered your deepest sorrows? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE ➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/03/04/yobcast-103-joy RATE/REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465 FOLLOW THE CAST ➡️ Tom's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/ ➡️ Ryan's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/ryan/ ➡️ Will's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/willc/ GET IN TOUCH

Marshall missed his first YOB retreat last fall due to his job, and Tom thinks it's a hate crime! Tom responds to Marshall's latest YOB blog about his straight male friends who have endured beyond their marriages to women. Marshall shares about the feelings he recently fielded watching housemate James get married, as well as catching up with old friend Ben who has a child now. Marshall also dishes about his friendship with another married housemate we'll call "Geraldo," along with James' and "Geraldo's" wives, who are also his housemates! They talk about the blessings of conflict management and how friendships may come and go through the seasons of life. Ultimately, how does Marshall stay upbeat about friendships once those wedding vows are exchanged? Does it take practice having joy for another's joy despite the inevitable changing friendship, or is he just special as an Enneagram Two? LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE ➡️ Marshall's blog: "The Joys of Friendships Beyond Their Marriages" COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE ➡️ When have you seen friendships grow stronger through conflict? If you're single, is it natural for you to have joy for friends who get married, or does joy feel difficult as the friendship changes? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE ➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/02/24/yob-convocast-061-tom-marshall-gossip-about-his-housemates RATE/REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465 FOLLOW THE CAST ➡️ Tom's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/ ➡️ Marshall's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/marshall/ GET IN TOUCH

With family: Genesis 46; Mark 16 Genesis 46 (Listen) Joseph Brings His Family to Egypt 46 So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” 3 Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. 4 I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes.” 5 Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him, 7 his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt. 8 Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, 9 and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. 11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob, and Shimron. 14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. 16 The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. 17 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob—sixteen persons. 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him. 21 And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob—fourteen persons in all. 23 The son1 of Dan: Hushim. 24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all. 26 All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six persons in all. 27 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy. Jacob and Joseph Reunited 28 He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. 30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.” 31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. 32 And the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.' 33 When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation?' 34 you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,' in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.” Footnotes [1] 46:23 Hebrew sons (ESV) Mark 16 (Listen) The Resurrection 16 When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. 2 And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. 3 And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?” 4 And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large. 5 And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed. 6 And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.” 8 And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them, and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. [Some of the earliest manuscripts do not include 16:9–20.]1 Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene 9 [[Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. Jesus Appears to Two Disciples 12 After these things he appeared in another form to two of them, as they were walking into the country. 13 And they went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them. The Great Commission 14 Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. 15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.” 19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]] Footnotes [1] 16:9 Some manuscripts end the book with 16:8; others include verses 9–20 immediately after verse 8. At least one manuscript inserts additional material after verse 14; some manuscripts include after verse 8 the following: But they reported briefly to Peter and those with him all that they had been told. And after this, Jesus himself sent out by means of them, from east to west, the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. These manuscripts then continue with verses 9–20 (ESV) In private: Job 12; Romans 16 Job 12 (Listen) Job Replies: The Lord Has Done This 12 Then Job answered and said: 2   “No doubt you are the people,    and wisdom will die with you.3   But I have understanding as well as you;    I am not inferior to you.    Who does not know such things as these?4   I am a laughingstock to my friends;    I, who called to God and he answered me,    a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.5   In the thought of one who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;    it is ready for those whose feet slip.6   The tents of robbers are at peace,    and those who provoke God are secure,    who bring their god in their hand.1 7   “But ask the beasts, and they will teach you;    the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you;8   or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you;2    and the fish of the sea will declare to you.9   Who among all these does not know    that the hand of the LORD has done this?10   In his hand is the life of every living thing    and the breath of all mankind.11   Does not the ear test words    as the palate tastes food?12   Wisdom is with the aged,    and understanding in length of days. 13   “With God3 are wisdom and might;    he has counsel and understanding.14   If he tears down, none can rebuild;    if he shuts a man in, none can open.15   If he withholds the waters, they dry up;    if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.16   With him are strength and sound wisdom;    the deceived and the deceiver are his.17   He leads counselors away stripped,    and judges he makes fools.18   He looses the bonds of kings    and binds a waistcloth on their hips.19   He leads priests away stripped    and overthrows the mighty.20   He deprives of speech those who are trusted    and takes away the discernment of the elders.21   He pours contempt on princes    and loosens the belt of the strong.22   He uncovers the deeps out of darkness    and brings deep darkness to light.23   He makes nations great, and he destroys them;    he enlarges nations, and leads them away.24   He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth    and makes them wander in a trackless waste.25   They grope in the dark without light,    and he makes them stagger like a drunken man. Footnotes [1] 12:6 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain [2] 12:8 Or or speak to the earth, and it will teach you [3] 12:13 Hebrew him (ESV) Romans 16 (Listen) Personal Greetings 16 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant1 of the church at Cenchreae, 2 that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well. 3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, 4 who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well. 5 Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert2 to Christ in Asia. 6 Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you. 7 Greet Andronicus and Junia,3 my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles,4 and they were in Christ before me. 8 Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. 9 Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my beloved Stachys. 10 Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the family of Aristobulus. 11 Greet my kinsman Herodion. Greet those in the Lord who belong to the family of Narcissus. 12 Greet those workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord. 13 Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as well. 14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers5 who are with them. 15 Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them. 16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you. Final Instructions and Greetings 17 I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. 18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites,6 and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. 19 For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil. 20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. 21 Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen. 22 I Tertius, who wrote this letter, greet you in the Lord. 23 Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you.7 Doxology 25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages 26 but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith—27 to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen. Footnotes [1] 16:1 Or deaconess [2] 16:5 Greek firstfruit [3] 16:7 Or Junias [4] 16:7 Or messengers [5] 16:14 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 17 [6] 16:18 Greek their own belly [7] 16:23 Some manuscripts insert verse 24: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen (ESV)

YOB's second value of humility follows on the heels of hope: a lowly acorn under a star in the night sky. A place of patience and constant surrender as we wait and trust for a greater story beyond anything we could write for ourselves. Join Tom, Ben, and Will for a discussion of what humility is and what humility isn't; of pride, shame, self-deprecation, and more competing terms. Plus, we callback our last episode differentiating hope vs. expectation. LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE ➡️ YOB's 7 Values: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/values/ ➡️ Wesley's art: https://www.artofatlas.com/ COMMENT ON THIS EPISODE ➡️ When have you hit a place of surrender to the story God wants to write in you? How has God met you on your knees, and where do you still await his provision? PODCAST EPISODE PAGE ➡️ https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/2023/02/04/yobcast-102-humility/  RATE/REVIEW US ON APPLE PODCASTS ➡️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-other-brothers-podcast/id1142011465 FOLLOW THE CAST ➡️ Tom's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/tom/ ➡️ Ben's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/ben/ ➡️ Will's posts: https://www.yourotherbrothers.com/author/willc/ GET IN TOUCH

Old Testament: Genesis 45–46 Genesis 45–46 (Listen) Joseph Provides for His Brothers and Family 45 Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. He cried, “Make everyone go out from me.” So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. 2 And he wept aloud, so that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it. 3 And Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence. 4 So Joseph said to his brothers, “Come near to me, please.” And they came near. And he said, “I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. 5 And now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. 6 For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. 8 So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. 9 Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not tarry. 10 You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children, and your flocks, your herds, and all that you have. 11 There I will provide for you, for there are yet five years of famine to come, so that you and your household, and all that you have, do not come to poverty.' 12 And now your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth that speaks to you. 13 You must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. Hurry and bring my father down here.” 14 Then he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept upon his neck. 15 And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them. After that his brothers talked with him. 16 When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house, “Joseph's brothers have come,” it pleased Pharaoh and his servants. 17 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: load your beasts and go back to the land of Canaan, 18 and take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.' 19 And you, Joseph, are commanded to say, ‘Do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20 Have no concern for1 your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'” 21 The sons of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. 22 To each and all of them he gave a change of clothes, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels2 of silver and five changes of clothes. 23 To his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and provision for his father on the journey. 24 Then he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, “Do not quarrel on the way.” 25 So they went up out of Egypt and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob. 26 And they told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them. 27 But when they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. 28 And Israel said, “It is enough; Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.” Joseph Brings His Family to Egypt 46 So Israel took his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. 2 And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” 3 Then he said, “I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. 4 I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph's hand shall close your eyes.” 5 Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 6 They also took their livestock and their goods, which they had gained in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him, 7 his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters. All his offspring he brought with him into Egypt. 8 Now these are the names of the descendants of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons. Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, 9 and the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 10 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. 11 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Yob, and Shimron. 14 The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. 15 These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah; altogether his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. 16 The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. 17 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, with Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. 18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter; and these she bore to Jacob—sixteen persons. 19 The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 20 And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him. 21 And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. 22 These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob—fourteen persons in all. 23 The son3 of Dan: Hushim. 24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. 25 These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all. 26 All the persons belonging to Jacob who came into Egypt, who were his own descendants, not including Jacob's sons' wives, were sixty-six persons in all. 27 And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two. All the persons of the house of Jacob who came into Egypt were seventy. Jacob and Joseph Reunited 28 He had sent Judah ahead of him to Joseph to show the way before him in Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen. 29 Then Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen. He presented himself to him and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while. 30 Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.” 31 Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh and will say to him, ‘My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. 32 And the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.' 33 When Pharaoh calls you and says, ‘What is your occupation?' 34 you shall say, ‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,' in order that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.” Footnotes [1] 45:20 Hebrew Let your eye not pity [2] 45:22 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams [3] 46:23 Hebrew sons (ESV) Psalm: Psalm 22:19–31 Psalm 22:19–31 (Listen) 19   But you, O LORD, do not be far off!    O you my help, come quickly to my aid!20   Deliver my soul from the sword,    my precious life from the power of the dog!21     Save me from the mouth of the lion!  You have rescued1 me from the horns of the wild oxen! 22   I will tell of your name to my brothers;    in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:23   You who fear the LORD, praise him!    All you offspring of Jacob, glorify him,    and stand in awe of him, all you offspring of Israel!24   For he has not despised or abhorred    the affliction of the afflicted,  and he has not hidden his face from him,    but has heard, when he cried to him. 25   From you comes my praise in the great congregation;    my vows I will perform before those who fear him.26   The afflicted2 shall eat and be satisfied;    those who seek him shall praise the LORD!    May your hearts live forever! 27   All the ends of the earth shall remember    and turn to the LORD,  and all the families of the nations    shall worship before you.28   For kingship belongs to the LORD,    and he rules over the nations. 29   All the prosperous of the earth eat and worship;    before him shall bow all who go down to the dust,    even the one who could not keep himself alive.30   Posterity shall serve him;    it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;31   they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn,    that he has done it. Footnotes [1] 22:21 Hebrew answered [2] 22:26 Or The meek (ESV) New Testament: Mark 1 Mark 1 (Listen) John the Baptist Prepares the Way 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.1 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,2   “Behold, I send my messenger before your face,    who will prepare your way,3   the voice of one crying in the wilderness:    ‘Prepare3 the way of the Lord,    make his paths straight,'” 4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6 Now John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” The Baptism of Jesus 9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11 And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son;4 with you I am well pleased.” The Temptation of Jesus 12 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13 And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him. Jesus Begins His Ministry 14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand;5 repent and believe in the gospel.” Jesus Calls the First Disciples 16 Passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 17 And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”6 18 And immediately they left their nets and followed him. 19 And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets. 20 And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him. Jesus Heals a Man with an Unclean Spirit 21 And they went into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath he entered the synagogue and was teaching. 22 And they were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one who had authority, and not as the scribes. 23 And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 24 “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” 25 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” 26 And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.” 28 And at once his fame spread everywhere throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee. Jesus Heals Many 29 And immediately he7 left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 Now Simon's mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. 31 And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them. 32 That evening at sundown they brought to him all who were sick or oppressed by demons. 33 And the whole city was gathered together at the door. 34 And he healed many who were sick with various diseases, and cast out many demons. And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him. Jesus Preaches in Galilee 35 And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed. 36 And Simon and those who were with him searched for him, 37 and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.” 38 And he said to them, “Let us go on to the next towns, that I may preach there also, for that is why I came out.” 39 And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. Jesus Cleanses a Leper 40 And a leper8 came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” 41 Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” 42 And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. 43 And Jesus9 sternly charged him and sent him away at once, 44 and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” 45 But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter. Footnotes [1] 1:1 Some manuscripts omit the Son of God [2] 1:2 Some manuscripts in the prophets [3] 1:3 Or crying: Prepare in the wilderness [4] 1:11 Or my Son, my (or the) Beloved [5] 1:15 Or the kingdom of God has come near [6] 1:17 The Greek word anthropoi refers here to both men and women [7] 1:29 Some manuscripts they [8] 1:40 Leprosy was a term for several skin diseases; see Leviticus 13 [9] 1:43 Greek he; also verse 45 (ESV)