Readings: Micah 6:1-8; Psalm 15; 1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Matthew 5:1-12. For full, free access go to PewPewHQ.com/tfw/a-e04. Central Thesis/Theme: In this episode, I explore how instruction creates boundaries between insiders and outsiders in our faith communities. Drawing on readings from Micah, the Psalms,

Readings: Isaiah 9:1-4; Psalm 27:1, 4-9; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23. For full, free access go to PewPewHQ.com/tfw/a-e03. From the TRNG Room: * How to Read Scripture Like You’re Still in the Field * Jesus and Mary’s Inaugurals Central Thesis/Theme: In this

Readings: 📜Isaiah 49:1-7; 🎶Psalm 40:1-11; ✉️1 Corinthians 1:1-9; 🦅John 1:29-42. For full, free access, see pewpewhq.com/tfw/a-e02. From the TRNG Room: * How to Read Scripture Like You’re Still in the Field * Armor of God for Isaiah 49 reading * On the John 1 reading,

Readings: 📜Jeremiah 31:7-14; 🎶Psalm 147:12-20; 📜Ephesians 1:3-14; 📜John 1:1-18. For full access, go to PewPewHQ.com/tfw/a-e01 On Being a Combative Noncombatant Why Silence Isn't Neutral When Your Friends Are Getting Erased I hear it enough that I should probably address it: "

Readings: 📜Jeremiah 31:7-14; 🎶Psalm 147:12-20; 📜Ephesians 1:3-14; 📜John 1:1-18. For full access, see pewpewhq.com/tfw/a-x02 Central Thesis/Theme In this episode, I wrestle with the growing tension I feel between Pauline Christianity and the Jesus I encounter in the Gospels. The Christmas readings this

The new calendar year is almost upon us, and I've got your Sunday lectionary covered, as well as another essay extracted from my GruntGod revision of the chapter on Moses and sacrifice. Essay is below the break, head to PewPewHQ.com/tfw/a-x01 for notes, transcript, and links

📜Isaiah 7 :10-16 🎶Psalm 80 (__ LXX) :1-7, 17-19 ✉️Romans 1 :1-7 😇Matthew 1 :18-25 Central Thesis/Theme: A distinctive six-part Hebraic formula—"You shall conceive and bear a son, and you shall call his name X"—appears only twice in Scripture when spoken by a divine messenger: to

Readings: Isaiah 35 :1-10; Psalm 145 (146) 5-10; James 5 :7-10; Matthew 11 2-11 Central Thesis/Theme: John the Baptist's doubt from prison reveals a fundamental debate about confronting systemic oppression. John sees Rome as the primary enemy requiring direct anti-imperial resistance, while Jesus targets something deeper—the

Readings: Isaiah 11;Psalm 72; Romans 15; Matthew 3. *Full, free access at https://pewpewhq.com/formation/a2-a. Central Thesis/Theme: The Divine Warrior motif reveals God's power as fundamentally creative rather than combative. Where Babylonian cosmology imagines creation emerging from divine conflict, the Hebrew imagination presents a

Readings: Isaiah 2:1-5;Psalm 122; Romans 13:11-14; Matthew 24:36-44. *Full, free access at https://pewpewhq.com/formation/a1-a. Central Thesis/Theme: The Advent season inaugurates a new way of seeing humanity itself—the "son of man" as both ordinary human and harbinger of radical transformation.