Jesus For Sex Workers, Church People, and Me

The church is failing its mission. Rather than answering Jesus’s radical call to be salt and light, church people have chosen to go to war with their neighbors. Todd Austin shows how the ancient words of Scripture goad the righteous of today back toward the true way, and how those same words kick open a door to those the church has shut out. Season 1 focuses on the gospel of Matthew, with its announcement of the coming of a new nation—the kingdom of heaven—and the expectations Jesus has for those who choose to enter this kingdom. It’s a message that is both potently challenging and surprisingly freeing.

Episodes

Episode 1: A Story of Incest, Prostitution, Seduction, and Rape

April 7, 2023

Join us as we uncover surprising details in the seventeen most-skipped-over verses in the Bible.

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Episode 2: How Do You Fix What Is Broken?

May 15, 2023

If you want to make the world a better place, where do you start? Join us as we look at answers in Matthew that go against what we've always thought.

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Episode 3: A More Perfect Union

June 18, 2023

You say you want a revolution. Well, you know… sometimes you find it in the most unexpected, but shockingly familiar, of places.

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Episode 4: First, Do No Harm

July 13, 2023

There are 613 statutes in the ancient Hebrew law. How many are there in the new law?

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Episode 5: John Wick or Jesus?

August 16, 2023

In this new Kingdom of Heaven, what are the standards of crime and punishment? Of law and order?

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Episode 6: Inside Outside Upside Down

September 18, 2023

After 50 years of all-out war, who is winning? And, remind me, who are we supposed to be fighting?

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Episode 7: We’ve Seen Worse

October 13, 2023

We’ve been doing the same things over and over again, expecting different results. Some would say that’s the definition of insanity, but others would say we just need to try a little harder, for a little longer. Who do you believe?

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Episode 8: By the Authority Vested

November 16, 2023

Who are the first twelve people you meet in the Kingdom of Heaven? And what can they tell us about who this kingdom is for?

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Episode 9: The Yeast of These

December 27, 2023

The ten chapters of Matthew 13—22 are about the same thing, and it’s one of Matthew’s central ideas. But it’s likely not something you learned about in church.

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Episode 10: Hic Sunt Dracones

April 9, 2024

Is it a persistent illusion, or delusion, that we see ourselves as inherently better than the ancient followers of God? We scoff at their faithlessness. Why couldn’t they see the truth of what was going on? Why didn’t they listen to the prophets? Why did they worship those silly idols? We think if we had...

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Episode 11: What Does God Look Like?

June 18, 2024

Good Church People have a problem with legalism. It’s a problem they recognize, but they can’t seem to rid themselves of it. The source of their legalism is in a place they’re afraid to look. It’s in the black box at the core of their faith. The black box that tells them who God is,...

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Episodes

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Episode 3: A More Perfect Union

Episode 4: First, Do No Harm

Episode 5: John Wick or Jesus?

Episode 6: Inside Outside Upside Down

Episode 7: We’ve Seen Worse

Episode 8: By the Authority Vested

Episode 9: The Yeast of These

Episode 10: Hic Sunt Dracones

Episode 11: What Does God Look Like?

Popular Podcasts

Episode 1: A Story of Incest, Prostitution, Seduction, and Rape

Episode 2: How Do You Fix What Is Broken?