Episodes
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
Thursday Aug 25, 2022
I promised a report on the amazing things that happened in Texas at the conference and so here is a small taste of the miracles, friendship and healing I experienced over a weekend that I freely admit to dreading but so glad I went.
https://www.younityfitness.com/conferences
She's already planning a bigger and better sequel because this one completely sold out and the attendees are already clamoring for another!
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
Thursday Aug 18, 2022
First off, I had an AMAZING weekend with the most wonderful group of ladies at the Surge Conference over the weekend in Texas. I had a miraculous healing that will allow me to travel and I will share that next week!
But Monday was bizarre--as it always the case when we have spiritual triumphs, right? And so I was subjected to some false accusations about what I do and do not support, teach, and say in two private Facebook groups which cater to a grand total of 800 members, while what I actually say was twisted and misrepresented. In a classic case of "Church as usual" because the poster was an admin, there was an argument about whether the post should be removed which took shamefully too long in the (much) smaller group and is still ongoing in the second. He is still an admin in good standing in both groups but I am not going to name names. My goal here is to address the accusations of heresy because my primary ministry is to children and I cannot allow the accusations to scare parents away. Parents, of course, need to be careful. I understand that and so I am always very careful about what I present to their children. I have asked God to judge between them and I because I trust Him. This isn't the first time I have been lied about and slandered by people who don't fact check (and if they had fact checked and look at the current series I am teaching to children they would have simply rolled their eyes) and it won't be the last, but I am taking a page out of the playbook of Mister Rogers and stopping to address only those accusations which could end up hurting children.
Transcript: https://theancientbridge.com/2022/08/episode-147-the-sin-of-sodom-and-setting-the-record-straight-on-recent-accusations-of-heresy/
Monday Aug 01, 2022
Monday Aug 01, 2022
This was a homeschool conference talk I gave over the weekend and fair warning--it is not for the faint of heart. I directly tackle the reason so many kids are walking away from the Bible and their faith and deconstructing after being homeschooled. But it also applies to churched kids in general. What happens when we teach our kids to think critically about everything EXCEPT the Bible and about faith and about our own interpretations and doctrines? It's an easy mistake to make even without meaning to. Let's explore the problems and how to reverse is so that if our kids do deconstruct, they will still have the building materials to reconstruct a better and stronger faith.
Context for Kids www.contextforkids.com
Transcript: https://theancientbridge.com/2022/08/episode-146-critical-failure-why-are-so-many-homeschooled-adults-abandoning-the-bible/
Friday Jul 22, 2022
Episode 145: Mark 73 Good Friday?
Friday Jul 22, 2022
Friday Jul 22, 2022
Which Preparation day was this? The day before the Passover or the day before the Sabbath or something else entirely? We’ll explore this controversy by pulling together some information that might surprise you! What was the significance of Joseph of Arimathea claiming the body of Yeshua/Jesus?
Transcript: https://theancientbridge.com/2022/07/episode-145-mark-73-good-friday/
Friday Jul 08, 2022
Episode 144: Mark 72 The Ninth Hour and the Centurion’s Declaration
Friday Jul 08, 2022
Friday Jul 08, 2022
There is far more to the account of Yeshua’s/Jesus’s death than meets the eye. We’re going to be talking about the Tamid offerings and their timing, the cosmic event language in Matthew and Mark concerning the darkness and the torn veil, and the importance of the Centurion’s declaration that, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
Transcript https://theancientbridge.com/2022/07/episode-144-mark-72-the-ninth-hour-and-the-centurions-declaration/
Friday Jul 01, 2022
Episode 143: Mark 71 Save Yourself!
Friday Jul 01, 2022
Friday Jul 01, 2022
This week we will continue with Yeshua/Jesus in the background as the world takes center stage against Him. This week is very context heavy, from the proposed location of Golgotha, the properties of myrrh, the rights of Roman soldiers, the hours of prayer, the controversy of cross vs tree vs stake, to the importance of the titles King of the Jews and King of Israel.
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Episode 142: Mark 70 The Mockers, the Passerby, and Where Do We Fit in?
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Something that generally goes unnoticed in chapter fifteen is that Yeshua/Jesus has ceased to be the main character, replaced by a multitude of “they” references. He is no longer the actor but the acted upon. What does this have to do with the forces of chaos, evil, sin, and death? And where exactly did the crucifixion take place?
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Episode 141: Mark 69 Pilate, Barabbas, and the Pawn
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Friday Jun 10, 2022
So, at long last we are beginning the most harrowing chapter of the Gospel of Mark—chapter fifteen. Chapter fourteen ended with a condemnation of death, but one without any teeth because the power over life and death in Judea belonged entirely to Pontius Pilate, who was so cruel that he managed to achieve modern war criminal status during peacetime and even the Romans couldn't deal with him anymore. It is here that Yeshua/Jesus becomes a mere pawn in political power games—or so it seems.
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
When I wrote The Bridge: Crossing Over into the Fulness of Covenant Life, it was for the purpose of bringing people together who didn't understand one another. On one hand, we had the burgeoning "Torah movement" of Christians who were discovering the delights of the Sabbath and Festivals, and the benefits of eating cleaner and on the other hand we had their families who were taught that this was legalistic. And no one was really behaving themselves or really listening and so people got needlessly angry and when people are angry, they are very likely to believe the worst about one another. And so they did--and we all forgot that we were saved at the Cross and not when we came to a certain level of knowledge. I gave a talk like this a couple of months back to an online group and I am recreating it from my notes today. My notes will be in the transcript at www.theancientbridge.com but it will not be the usual full transcript.
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Episode 139: Firstfruits and the Resurrection--The Foundation of Our Faith
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
HE IS RISEN! Although we take it for granted, it was very controversial among both Jews and Gentiles--but why? We will look at this obscure day on the Biblical Calendar, what it meant in the first century, and why Yeshua's fulfillment of it is the most important event in the history of the world. We'll also talk about why it is the foundation of our faith and what it means to live in belief and why so many of us really don't.