Jesus, Truth & Spin - Gospel of Matthew Part 8
Exploring My Strange Bible
English - June 18, 2018 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 5.5K ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture Philosophy bible christianity religion pastor theologian the bible project tim mackie strange bible Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Today we are going to focus on Jesus’ teaching about swearing… as in “swearing oaths”. You’re probably not too hung up on “swearing too many oaths”, but it was actually a really important part of Jesus’ culture in his day and age.
More importantly, we’re going to explore some of the basic heart-level issues that Jesus is getting at here. The way we talk to each other with spins, half-truths, etc. is actually the very same thing that Jesus is trying to address in this piece.
This became a surprisingly relevant and important teaching for me, and I hope it is helpful for you.