This week BibleWorm reads Matthew 13:24-43, Jesus’s parables of the kingdom. We talk about how to read parables and why we think Jesus uses parables to declare what has been hidden since the beginning of the world. And we discuss three of Jesus parables, which compare the kingdom of heaven to a field of wheat overplanted with weeds, to yeast leavening bread, and to a mustard seed that grows into a nice shrub where the birds can make a nest. In what way is the kingdom of heaven like these things? We talk about the gleaners in the field who throw the weeds into the furnace and we wrestle with the role of fear in Jesus’s description of the kingdom. But mostly we notice that these parables are about bringing life—to the wheat, to the birds, to the bread—and even to the weeds themselves. Maybe the kingdom of heaven is found in nurturing life in everyone we meet.
Episode 220 Hometown Visits are Hard (Luke 4:14-30)
Episode 219 Baptism, Danger, and Delight (Luke 3:1-22)
Episode 218 Meeting the Tween Jesus (Luke 2:41-52)
Episode 217 Simeon and Anna (Luke 2:21-38)
Episode 216 Christmas Eve SPECIAL EPISODE (Luke 2:1-20)
Episode 215 Christmas is a Revolution (Luke 1:26-56)
Episode 214 Good News to the Poor (Isaiah 61:1-11)
Episode 213 Rend Your Hearts (Joel 2:12-29)
Episode 212 In the Lions' Den (Daniel 6:1-28)
Episode 211 The Power of the Word (Jeremiah 36 and 31)
Episode 210 Encountering God (Isaiah 6:1-13)
Episode 209 The Limits of Mercy (Jonah 1, 3, & 4)
Episode 208 Day-to-Day Miracles (1 Kings 17:1-24)
Episode 207 The Davidic Covenant (2 Samuel 7:1-17)
Episode 206 Prayer and Promise (1 Samuel 1:1-20 and 2:1-10)
Episode 205 The Covenant Under Threat (Exodus 32:1-14)
Episode 204 Ritual Preparation for Liberation (Exodus 12:1-13 and 13:1-8)
Episode 204 (EXTENDED) Ritual Preparation for Liberation (Exodus 12:1-13 and 13:1-8)
Episode 203 (EXTENDED) The Complexities of Being Family (Genesis 37 and 50)
Episode 203 The Complexities of Being Family (Genesis 37 and 50)
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