Sunday Scripture Podcast

{ILS} Thanksgiving Table - conversation challenges 

• Size of the group and the limited spaces in the house

• Stress of preparing the meal and/or traveling to the location

• Compressed time to talk and 3-6 months worth of updates to give

• Balance of time and balance of topics

• Messages get lost in those challenges

• Get the feeling someone was going to say something regardless

{SCR} Luke 12:49 “I have come to bring fire on the...

In this conversation, Joe and Brad delve into Luke chapter 12, discussing the intense themes of division, fire, and the challenges of following Jesus. They reflect on personal experiences and biblical interpretations, emphasizing the necessity of making decisions about faith and the implications of Jesus' teachings on personal and familial relationships. The discussion highlights the dual nature of fire as both a destructive an...

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{ILS} Football Training Camp

• Feeling the heat and intensity

• Thinking about the complex instructions 

• Battling mental and physical fatigue

• In that moment, with all those factors - - - hyperspecific drills

{SCR} Luke 12:35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banq...

{ILS} Rose from Titanic

• Pressured throughout the movie

• Movie starts in the present

• treasure hunter that wants the Heart of the Ocean

• Flashing back in the past

• Mother - wanting her to marry a very wealthy man

• wealthy man - to speak and act a certain way

• A boy from steerage - to let all of that go

• How does she change the dynamic?

• She tells a story

{SCR} Luke 12...

In this conversation, Joe and Carl explore the parable of the Rich Fool from Luke 12:13-21, discussing themes of greed, the nature of life and death, and the importance of community and sharing. They analyze the request made to Jesus for judgment over an inheritance and how it reflects human tendencies to seek personal gain. The discussion delves into various biblical parallels, the consequences of hoarding, and the lessons Jesus i...

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{ILS} Toddlers

• Entertaining and can light up a room, look at those curls and that smile

• Capable of increasing independent actions - mobility, language, social skills

• What are they missing? - situational awareness, mental/physical endurance

• They know enough to think they know everything necessary

•  it takes a quiet space, separated to regain fo...

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{ILS} Moana

• Chosen to the be future leader

• the hope of the island and of the people  

• The island is dying - Food is rotten, something hopelessly wrong

• time is very limited, but they repeat

• Moana has an idea - sail out and see

• Tension - Her dad is extremely upset with the plan to leave the island

• Moana’s dad would p...

g2_07_13_25_#3_Luke 10:25-37_The Journeys

{ILS} QT Gas Stations

• The standard for hospitality in…

• Cleanliness

• Speed of service - When i See a QT, I know am set

• Stock of items 

• Friendly spirit

• The problem is, i venture far from Greenville for my work, long driving hours

{SCR} Luke 10:25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”...

Luke 10:25-37 Common English Bible

25 A legal expert stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “what must I do to gain eternal life?”

26 Jesus replied, “What is written in the Law? How do you interpret it?”

27 He responded, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.”

28 Jesus said to him, “You have answered correctly. D...

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{ILS} Star Wars - R2-D2 and C-3PO

• Two of the most famous characters in science fiction movies

• Tasked with different jobs and have different temperaments

• C-3PO is a diplomat, a communicator - R2-D2 repairs and computer files

• Paired together, frustrated with each other, ultimately care and repair

• scattered to places they never thought they’d be - expanding t...

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Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two

1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. 2 He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. 3 Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 ...

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{ILS} Restaurant Kitchens

• This picture is from an incredible show on Hulu, called The Bear - Season 4

• Intense ride following the life of a restaurant kitchen

• owned by a family, that is deeply dysfunctional 

• Without warning it throttles between 

• heartwarming/heart breaking, 

• inspiring/discouraging, 

• intense/calm

• This p...

Samaritan Opposition

51 As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. 52 And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; 53 but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. 54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?” 55 B...

{ILS} Plot twists - we know the path, we know the hero/villian, until…

• Bad news - Vader and Skywalker - I am your father

• Good news - Andy Dufresne - remember Red, hope is a good thing

{MPT} Plot Twist Going to the other side

• The stories in chapter 8 elevate Jesus’ power and authority, but also separate

• A large crowd  gathers, what you would hope for when building

• Parable of the sower - ...

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{ILS} Ignorance, Certainty, or Curiosity

• Sit around with a group of family or friends 

• What is the difference between an alligator and a crocodile?

• We say a simple phrase to each other in these moments…

• Google almost always settles…

• questions

• debates 

• even arguments

• Questions are endless & we have tha...