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Hillcrest Deep Dive — 184 episodes
Biblical Parenting (Deut 6)
Honoring vs obeying parents
Providing rest for others (Exodus 20:8; 23:10 - 13)
Rest is trust (with a special guest!)
How should we understand Sabbath? (Ex 20:8 - 11)
What is Biblical rest? (Exodus 20:8 - 11)
The third word and the book of Revelation
What is lament? (Psalms)
How does Jesus help us to remember to bear the name well? (Matthew 6)
Don't be Gehazi (2 Kings 5)
God acts for his name (Ezk 36)
So what all does it mean to misuse the name?
Jesus and the name (Phil 2 + Isa 45)
The gift of the name (Exodus 3)
Jesus embodies the second word (Ex 20:4 - 6)
The Great Iconoclast (Exodus 20:4 - 6)
How does Jesus relate to the first word? Part 2. (Ex 20:3 - 4; Deut 6:4; 1 Cor 8:4 - 6)
How does Jesus relate to the first word?
How to discern what are our other gods? (Exodus 20:3)
The gift of the first word (Ex 20:3)
God, ethics, and society
How do the Ten Words relate to the New Testament?
Creation - Covenant - Law (Deut 4:5 - 8)
What does the parable of the Great Banquet mean here and now? (Luke 14:15:24)
Understanding Jesus' Parables (Luke 14:15 - 24)
How to read the parables? (2 Samuel 12:1 - 7)
What do the Psalms have to do with Missions Month? (Psalm 70)
Abraham and Pentecost (Gen 11 - 12; Gal 3)
Bonus Episode: Why are the gospels in the order they are in?
What helps you grow?
What is a disciple? (Luke 6:40; 47)
Make disciples (Matt 28:18 - 20)
What is love? (1 John 3:16)
Either/Or - Both/And (Mt 9:35)
Teaching, Proclaiming, Healing (Mt 9:35)
I know God loves me, but does he like me?
What does "through the Holy Spirit" mean? (Acts 1:2)
Seek the peace of the city (Jeremiah 29:7)
Letting Jesus be part of our normal conversations
What is a witness? (Acts 1:8)
Acts 1:8 - to be a witness/martyres
Special Episode: Fatherhood
Life In Christ (Col 1 + 2)
The Gospel and the Hebrew Scriptures (Hosea 4:1 - 3)
Breaking the four relationships (Gen 3)
Made for relationship (Genesis 2)
The Mission of the Triune God
Hearing family stories of faith
The Mission of God (Gen 12:1 - 3)
How has Jesus met you through the book of Mark?
What about the ending of Mark? (Mark 16:9 - 20)
How do the resurrection appearances all fit together? (Mark 16:1 - 8)
What does it mean that women were the first witnesses? (Mark 16:1 - 8)
How did first century Jewish burial work? (Mark 15:42 - 16:1)
Truly this is the Son of God (Mark 15:39)
What is with Psalm 22? (Mark 15:33 - 36)
Why was Jesus crucified? (Mark 15:22 - 32)
Why tell us this guy's kids' names? (Mark 15:21)
Why the crown of thorns? (Mark 15:16 - 20)
Who was Pilate? (Mark 15:1 - 15)
When was the last time I wept? (Mark 14:66 - 72)
Prophesy! (Mark 14:65)
Why does Jesus wait until now to say this? (Mark 14:61 - 62)
The Dark Mystery (Mark 14:43 - 52)
Could Jesus have escaped? (Mark 14:32 - 42)
Why would Peter tell this story? (Mark 14:27 - 31)
Isn't there something missing from this meal? (Mark 14:12 - 26)
Why was the Bible written in Greek if it didn't all happen in Greece? (Mark 14:12 - 26) Reflections on Sunday's message.
What does the anointing show us? (Mark 14:1 - 11)
Waiting on the Son of Man (Mark 13:24 - 37)
What to do when there are wars and rumors of wars? (Mark 13:5 - 23)
What is going on in Mark 13? (Mark 13:5 - 37)
The teachers of the law (Mark 12:38 - 40)
Psalm 110 (Mark 12:35 - 37)
The Greatest Commandment (Mark 12:28 - 34)
Marriage and the Resurrection (Mark 12:18 - 27)
Give to Caesar (Mark 12:13 - 17)
The deep fear of our lives (Mark 12:1 - 12)
By what authority did you do this? (Mark 11:27 - 33)
Mountains of opposition (Mark 11:22 - 25)
Jeremiah's Temple sermon (Mark 11:15 - 17)
The cursed tree (Mark 11:12 - 14; 20 - 21)
YHWH God comes home (Mark 11:12 - 19)
The King arrives (Mark 11:1 - 11)
Bartimaeus and the fulfillment of prophecy (Mark 10:46 - 52)
Beginning the journey of Lent (Mark 10:46 - 52)
Give his life as a ransom for many (Mark 10:42 - 45)
What do you want Jesus to do for you? (Mark 10:32 - 52)
Along with persecutions? (Mark 10:29 - 31)
Do we all have to sell everything? (Mark 10:17 - 27)
Why does Jesus tell the man to sell everything? (Mark 10:17 - 22)
Special Episode: What if the servant lost the one bag of gold? (Matt 25)
What does it mean to become like a child? (Mark 10:13 - 16)
So how are we to think about divorce today? (Mark 10:2 - 12)
How did first century Jews think about divorce? (Mark 10:2 - 12)
How did Jesus define marriage? (Mark 10:5 - 9)
How Jesus read the Bible Pt 2 (Mark 10:1 - 12)
How does Jesus read the Bible? (Mark 10:1 - 12)
What kind of test is that? (Mark 10:1 - 2)
One of the keys of the spiritual life (Mark 9:43 - 47)
What with death by millstone? (Mark 9:42)
The honor/shame world of Jesus (Mark 9:31 - 35)
Geography of the way section (Mark 9:30)
The cry of the boy's father (Mark 9:20 - 27)
Why is Jesus so frustrated? (Mark 9:14 - 19)
Why are we told about Peter's awkward comments? (Mark 9:5 - 6)
What's all this about Elijah? (Mark 9:9 - 13)
What does the voice on the mountain teach us? (Mark 9:2 - 8)
Why is Jesus glowing on a mountain? (Mark 9:2 - 8)
What does it mean to carry your cross? (Mark 8:34 - 9:1)
Who do you say that I am? (Mark 8:27 - 33)
Question on hand washing from Mark 7:1 - 5
On the way... (Mark 8:27)
Why did the blind man need two touches? (Mark 8:22 - 26)
What is the debate about bread and yeast all about? (Mark 8:14 - 21)
Why didn't Jesus give a sign? (Mark 8:11 - 13)
Why another feeding story? (Mark 8:1 - 10)
Why did he put his fingers in his ears and grab the guy's tongue? (Mark 7:31 - 37)
Why are we told about the deaf and mute man? (Mark 7:31 - 37)
What is with the children and dogs debate? (Mark 7:24 - 30)
What's the big deal about clean and unclean? (Mark 7:1 - 23)
The Impact of faith - wrap up and what's next
The impact of faith on sickness and healing
The impact of faith on children's lives
The impact of faith on physical health
The impact of faith on volunteering
The impact of faith on giving
The impact of our theology in prayer on mental health outcomes
The impact of prayer on scientists
The impact of prayer on depression and anxiety
Bonus Episode: What is up with Zipporah and the Bridegroom of Blood? (Exodus 4:24 - 26)
The impact of faith and pre-evangelism
The impact of faith on happiness
The impact of faith on deaths of despair
The impact of faith on kids' emotional health
The impact of faith on depression
Why did they grab the edge of Jesus' cloak? (Mark 6:56)
What does it mean that the disciples didn't understand? (Mark 6:51 - 52)
Why did Jesus walk on water? (Mark 6:45 - 52)
The Compassion of Jesus (Mark 6:34)
Two Kings and Two Feasts (Mark 6:14 - 44)
Does anyone outside the Bible tell us about John the Baptist? (Mark 6:14 - 29)
Why does Jesus teach so much? (Mark 6:6)
Why did they reject Jesus in Nazareth? (Mark 6:1 - 6)
What does it mean that Jesus was a carpenter? (Mark 6:3)
Jesus' mighty deeds in the book of Isaiah (Mark 4:35 - 5:43)
Can we calm storms? (Mark 4:35 - 5:43)
Why did Jesus choose Galilee? (Mark 5:1)
Peter's eyewitness account of the storm (Mark 4:35 - 41)
Why were the disciples afraid of Jesus? (Mark 4:35 - 41)
What is the mystery of the Kingdom? (Mark 4:10 - 34)
Why did Jesus say "otherwise they might be forgiven"? (Mark 4:10 - 12)
The Parable of Parables (Mark 4:3 - 9)
Why Parables? (Mark 3:23; 4:1 - 2)
Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit (Mark 3:28 - 30)
Binding the Strong Man (Mark 3:22 - 27)
Who are my mother and brothers? (Mark 3:31 - 35)
He appointed twelve (Mark 3:13 - 19)
Have you never read? (Mark 2:23 - 28)
How can the guests of the Bridegroom fast? (Mark 2:18 - 22)
I have not come to call the healthy but the sick (Mark 2:13 - 17)
The Son of Man has authority to forgive sins (Mark 2:1 - 12)
Don't tell this to anyone (Mark 1:44)
Filled with Compassion (Mark 1:40 - 42)
That is why I have come (Mark 1:35 - 39)
He Prayed (Mark 1:35 - 37)
The Home of Simon and Andrew (Mark 1:29 - 34)
An Impure Spirit - Part 3 of 3 (Mark 1:21 - 28)
An Impure Spirit - Part 2 of 3 (Mark 1:21 - 28)
An Impure Spirit - Part 1 of 3 (Mark 1:21 - 28)
Come, Follow Me (Mark 1:16 - 20)
Believe (Mark 1:15)
Repent (Mark 1:15)
The Good News (Mark 1:14 - 15)
Baptism: The Spirit of God (Mark 1:9 - 11)
Baptism: The Identity of Jesus (Mark 1:9 - 11)
Elijah Prepares the Way (Mark 1:6)
Isaiah: The Promise of Rescue (Mark 1:3)
Bonus Episode - Reading Mark
Malachi: The Warning of Rescue (Mark 1:2)
The Good News of Augustus (Mark 1:1)
The Good News in Isaiah (Mark 1:1)
The Recipients of Mark
The Author of Mark