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Equipoise — 204 episodes

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1

"Which Spirit, Which Kingdom?" - Matthew 12:22-37

2

“A Pernicious Political Plot vs. a Potent Paradigm of Peace” - Matthew 12:15-21

3

K.O. in Two Rounds! - Matthew 12:1-14

4

"3 Cities, 3 Woes, 1 Mountain, 1 Yoke" - Matthew 11:20-30

5

Episode 200!

6

Dispelling the Jesus of Our Imagination - Matthew 11:1-19

7

When Being Wrong is Wrong

8

The Resurrection: The Earliest Creed

9

“Compassion & Commitment: Part 2 of 2” - Matthew 10

10

“Compassion & Commitment: Part 1 of 2” - Matthew 9:36-38

11

“Two Stories of Blind Men” - Matthew 9:27-35

12

On Thin ICE

13

The Hell Question, Part 3 of 3: Torment or Termination?

14

The Hell Question, Part 2 of 3: Hell In The Balance

15

The Hell Question, Part 1 of 3: A Biblical Survey of Hell

16

The Sin of Empathy?

17

“Twelve Years of Death and Life” - Matthew 9:18-26

18

“Near or Far?” - Matthew 9:9-17

19

"We Have Seen Strange Things Today" - Matthew 9:1-8

20

“Storm and Swine” - Matthew 8:23-34

21

"The Call to Covenantal Commitment" - Matthew 8:14-22

22

"How To Amaze Jesus" - Matthew 8:5-13

23

"He Will Make You Clean" - Matthew 8:1-4

24

"Final Warnings" - Matthew 7:13-29

25

"The Golden Ruler" - Matthew 7:12

26

"A Tension of Trust" - Matthew 7:7-11

27

"Judge Not" - Matthew 7:1-6

28

"Worry Like a Bird" - Matthew 6:25-34

29

"From Goals to Gods" - Matthew 6:19-24

30

The Lord's Prayer - Part Two of Two - Matthew 6:9-15

31

The Lord's Prayer - Part One of Two - Matthew 6:9-15

32

No Good?

33

Israel - A Balanced Perspective

34

Recognition, Reward, and Relationship - Matthew 6

35

Kingdom Ethic 6: A Love Without Boundaries - Matthew 5:43-48

36

I Went to Mass

37

Common Denominators

38

Kingdom Ethic 5: The Rejection of Retaliation - Matthew 5:38-42

39

Kingdom Ethic 4: “Throw Me The Rope” - Matthew 5:33-37

40

Kingdom Ethic 3: Marriage and Divorce - Matthew 5:31-32

41

Kingdom Ethic 2: Amputations, not Band-Aids - Matthew 5:27-30

42

Kingdom Ethic 1: Revenge and Reconciliation - Matthew 5:21-28

43

"From Scales to Music" - Matthew 5:17-20

44

"Who You Are" - Matthew 5:13-16

45

"The Last of the Beatitudes" - Matthew 5:10-12

46

Pacifism: Biblical or No?

47

"The Merciful, Pure-Hearted, Peacemakers, and...a Rich Young Ruler?" - Matthew 5:7-9, 19:16-24

48

“The Mourning, Meek, and Hungering” - Matthew 5:4-6

49

"The Poor In Spirit" - Matthew 5:1-3

50

"The Gospel of the Kingdom" - Matthew 5

51

“Apprentices Wanted” - Matthew 4:18-25

52

"The Kingdom of Heaven" - Matthew 4:12-17

53

"The Test" - Matthew 4:1-11

54

“Jesus the Baptized” - Matthew 3:13-17

55

"John the Baptizer" - Matthew 3:1-12

56

“We’ve Been Here Before” - Matthew 2:13-28

57

“Three Magi, Three Hearts” - Matthew 2:1-12, 16-18

58

“A Series of Unprecedented Events” - Matthew 1:18-25

59

“In the Beginning” - Matthew 1:1-17

60

Introduction to Matthew: Date

61

Introduction to Matthew: Authorship

62

Sunset, Sunrise: Introducing The Equipoise Commentary Edition

63

What Exactly Is Prayer?

64

What Is There To Understand?

65

Heretics, All!

66

"Apology Accepted, Access Denied"

67

Methodology in Missiology - Part 2 of 2 in our Missions Miniseries

68

An Estimation of Deputation - Part 1 of 2 in our Missions Miniseries

69

The Black Dog, Part Two of Two - "Trust Christ, Not Chemicals?"

70

The Black Dog, Part One of Two

71

"Settled"

72

The Managahd

73

There’s a Method(ist) to the Madness

74

Can I Get An Amen?

75

"Wow! I Had No Idea!"

76

I See That Hand

77

Beauty Will Save The World

78

A Time To Speak

79

The Will of God

80

Okay, Wait - Does He Get Us or Not?

81

The Special Valentine's Day Episode

82

I Played Pickleball

83

The Maine Midwinter Update

84

Reading With Responsibility

85

Don't Believe Everything You Read

86

Sometimes You Gotta Let 'Em Roll

87

New Year's Resolutions: An Encouragement

88

Learning to Wrestle Well

89

Spiritual Trump Cards - Part Three of Three in our "Hearing From God" Series

90

What Does The Bible Say? - Part Two of Three in our "Hearing From God" Series

91

"God, Speak To Me!" - Part One of Three in our "Hearing From God" Series

92

What About Taking God's Name In Vain?

93

The Cussin' Conundrum

94

A Community in Crisis: The Lewiston Tragedy

95

Building a Culture of Life...with Death?

96

Indecisive Imprecation: How to Respond to the Hatred of Hamas

97

A Balanced Approach to Church Meeting Times

98

Information Control

99

The Non-Episode

100

Read Your Bible, Pray Every Day...An Addendum

101

Read Your Bible, Pray Every Day...PART TWO OF TWO

102

Read Your Bible, Pray Every Day...PART ONE OF TWO

103

Baggage Claim

104

Episode 100

105

I Want Specifics

106

A Parley On Piercings

107

Into The Void

108

Pride Month

109

"Innepennent Funnamennal Babtiss" - A Follow-Up

110

Fundies...Fundies Everywhere...

111

The Dilemma Dissected (Part Three of Three in our Disability Dilemma miniseries)

112

A Lion In The Streets? (Part Two in our Disability Dilemma miniseries)

113

The Disability Dilemma, (Part 1 of 3 in our Disability Dilemma miniseries)

114

Five Cautions For Those Changing Or Questioning

115

The Trail of Blood

116

A Beast Is Born

117

Just Because It'll Preach...

118

Heuristics and Gas Stoves

119

Podcast Direction and Course Corrections

120

Listening to the Dead

121

Clown World

122

I Can't Believe It's Not Better, Or, How To Argue

123

The Grinch Who Loved Christmas

124

What A Church Worships

125

To Ink or Not To Ink?

126

Balance In Our Pursuit Of Balance

127

The Road Ahead

128

The Meaning of Life

129

Gambling, Golfing, and God

130

How It All Went Down - Continued! (Part Twelve of Twelve in our Bible Translation Series)

131

How It All Went Down (Part Eleven of Twelve in our Bible Translation Series)

132

Why You Should Use The King James Translation (Part Ten of Twelve in our Bible Translation Series)

133

The Idolatry Of Certainty (Part Nine of Twelve in our Bible Translation Series)

134

One Such Example (Part Eight of Twelve in our Bible Translation Series)

135

Things That Are Different Are Not The Same (That's Kind Of The Point) - Featuring Isaac Thibodeau (Part Seven of Twelve in our Bible Translation Series)

136

The Textual Topic - Featuring Isaac Thibodeau (Part Six of Twelve in our Bible Translation Series)

137

How We Got Our Bible - Featuring Isaac Thibodeau (Part Five of Twelve in our Bible Translation Series)

138

Mythconceptions (Part Four of Twelve in our Bible Translation Series)

139

If It Ain't Broke... (Part Three of Twelve in our Bible Translation Series)

140

Examining the Landscape (Part Two of Twelve in our Bible Translation Series)

141

Here We Go! (Part One of Twelve in our Bible Translation Series)

142

Quick Update - The Calm Before The Storm

143

BODIES, BANS, BABIES AND BAD ARGUMENTS

144

Hyles In Charge

145

Media and the Mouse

146

Special Episode: Interview with Pastor Kevin Spencer

147

The One About Social Justice

148

Do The Work (Or, Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra)

149

Revisiting Bias (In Light of the Present Russia/Ukraine Conflict)

150

Søren, Simplicity, and Saints (A follow-up to "I'm Just A Simple Man")

151

"I'm Just A Simple Man"

152

The Word of God - Why Getting It Right Matters (Part 2 of 2 in our "Word of God" series)

153

The Word of God - Authorial Intent (Part 1 of 2 in our "Word of God" series)

154

15 Tips for Achieving Balance

155

"Off the Deep End," So They Say

156

Santa, Trees, and Mistletoe: A Christmas Conundrum

157

Just Me an' My Jesus (Part Two of Two in our "Individualism Hurts" series)

158

Just Me an' My Bible (Part One of Two in our "Individualism Hurts" series)

159

Just Checking In

160

T'was the Night Before Hallowmas

161

Dear AEBC

162

Final Objections and Conclusion (Part Seven of Seven in our "Vino or Volstead" Series)

163

What about those verses...? (Part Six of Seven in our "Vino or Volstead" Series)

164

Unscheduled Interruption: Mental Meanderings

165

Drinking Alcohol to the Glory of God (Part Five of Seven in our "Vino or Volstead" Series)

166

The Case for Abstinence from Alcohol (Part Four of Seven in our "Vino or Volstead" Series)

167

A History of Christians and Drinking (Part Three of Seven in our "Vino or Volstead" Series)

168

A History of Abstaining (Part Two of Seven in our "Vino or Volstead" Series)

169

Pint-Sized Preface (Part One of Seven in our "Vino or Volstead" Series)

170

The Postman Postulate

171

Pastors, People, and Painkillers

172

"Dress Your Best"

173

The Blame Game (Part Three of Three in our "Hearts and Hemlines" Series)

174

The Naked Truth (Part Two of Three in our "Hearts and Hemlines" Series)

175

Modestly Speaking (Part One of Three in our "Hearts and Hemlines" Series)

176

The Gospel of Greenwood

177

The FORBIDDEN AISLES!!!

178

Extra Episode: Some Responses

179

WeLL, bRoThEr, iT sAyS iN tHe gReEk...

180

Mutual Submission?

181

Has the Church Failed? (Part Two of Two)

182

Has The Church Failed? (Part One of Two)

183

What About Those Ordinances? (Part Five of Four in our Church Series -- Yes, I know what I typed. It's not a typo.)

184

The Point and Purpose (Part Four of Four in our Church Miniseries)

185

RAPID FIRE ROUND 6 of 6: The TRUE Church, Haymen?!? (Part of our Church Miniseries)

186

RAPID FIRE ROUND 5 of 6: Multi-Service and Multi-Campus Model (Part of our Church Miniseries)

187

RAPID FIRE ROUND 4 of 6: Israel and the Church (Part of our Church Miniseries)

188

RAPID FIRE ROUND 3 of 6: What about Church Membership? (Part of our Church Miniseries)

189

RAPID FIRE ROUND 2 of 6: When Did the Church Begin? (Part of our Church Miniseries)

190

RAPID FIRE ROUND 1 of 6: What Makes a Church a Church (Part of our Church Miniseries)

191

Episode Twelve: Local, Universal, or Something Else? (Part Three of Four...ish in our Church Miniseries)

192

Episode Eleven: Clearing the Brush (Part Two of Four...ish in our Church Miniseries)

193

Episode Ten: What's In A Name? (Part One of Four...ish in our Church Miniseries)

194

Episode Nine: Let's Talk About Relationships (Part Two of Two in our Religion vs. Relationship Series)

195

Episode Eight: What's So Bad about Religion? (Part One of Two in our Religion vs. Relationship Series)

196

Episode Seven: Propositional Space

197

Episode Six: Bunnies and Eggs and Ishtar, Oh My!

198

Episode Five: 3 Days? The Timing of the Crucifixion

199

Episode Four and a Half: How to Have a More Productive Conversation with Almost Anyone (another addendum to our bias series)

200

Episode Four: Battling Bias (Part 3 of 3 in our Bias Series)

201

Episode Three: House of Cards (Part 2 of 3 in our Bias Series)

202

Episode Two and a Half: One More Kind -- Chronological Bias (an addendum to our bias series)

203

Episode Two: Balance or Bias (Part 1 of 3 in our Bias Series)

204

Episode One: Introduction