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Narrow Plank, Swollen River
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through John's Gospel with John 14:12–14, a text that is somewhat like a narrow plank over a swollen river; get it wrong in either direction and you're going to fall in.<br><br>Plus, a 200-word quote from Joel Osteen. You're welcome.</p>
Narrow Plank, Swollen River
Anthropology (Part II)

Anthropology (Part II)
<p>In this episode of The Sunday School Podcast, we dive into the postlapsarian (look, a shiny big word!) nature of man, dissecting what it means to be totally depraved. Then, Pastor Dan joins us in the studio for a look at the question of whether or not a pastor who was disqualified through adultery can ever be restored to ministry.<br><br>Listen and share!</p>

A Man Called the Way
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through John's Gospel with John 14:1–11, where Jesus gives us himself—the answer to everything that went wrong in the Garden.</p>
A Man Called the Way
Anthropology (Part I)

Anthropology (Part I)
<p>In this episode of The Sunday School Podcast, Pastor Brian opens up our next topic in the systematic theology series, "Anthropology." Listen in for a tricky question, feminism revisited, and much more!</p>
Homo Incurvatus in Se

Homo Incurvatus in Se
<p>Martin Luther described humanity with the Latin phrase, "homo incurvatus in se," which means, "man curved in on himself." In our text today, that's exactly what we see: Man curved in on himself. But as we make our way through, Jesus will show us the way out—not merely as our Exemplar, but as our great Substitute who goes where we can't that he might bring us there.<br><br>Watch or listen in as Pastor Brian takes us through John 13:21–38 in our verse-by-verse study through John's great Gospel account.</p>

Q+A Lightning Round
<p>In Episode 8, Dan and Brian do a no-preparation, lightning-round Q+A segment, answering 14 questions and occasionally arguing about GMOs for no real reason at all. Enjoy!</p>
Q+A Lightning Round

Washed to Wash
<p>Darren Colwell continues our verse-by-verse study through John's Gospel with John 13:1–20, where Jesus washes the feet of the disciples.</p>
Washed to Wash

A Lament for the Blind
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through John's Gospel with John 12:37–50, where John wraps up The Book of Signs with his own commentary on Jesus' ministry and Jesus' final public address.</p>
A Lament for the Blind

Bibliology (Part III)
<p>In this episode of The Sunday School Podcast, we look at objections to the reliability of the Bible (including fake Egyptology, Bible Contradictions, and more!), and the nature of faith.<br><br>Share with your loved ones! If you don't, do you really love them? Ok, that was a bad joke. But seriously. Sharing is caring.</p>
Bibliology (Part III)

Binding the Strong Man, Plundering His House
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through John's Gospel with John 12:27–36, where we begin to feel the shadow of the cross press into every paragraph of John's book.</p>
Binding the Strong Man, Plundering His House

Bibliology (Part II)
<p>In this episode of The Sunday School Podcast, we answer the question, "What is the Bible?" then consider whether or not Christian married couples are free to opt out of having children.<br><br>Enjoy and share!</p>
Bibliology (Part II)

Coronation/Crucifixion
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through John's Gospel with John 12:9–26, the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. Into a deliriously excited crowd, Jesus injects a note of sobriety—he is a King, but his coronation will be crucifixion.</p>
Coronation/Crucifixion

Bibliology (Part I)
<p>In this episode of The Sunday School Podcast, we dive into a new area of Systematic Theology, Bibliology, investigating the Kanon of kanons. Pastor Brian also gives 7 reasons you should delete your Netflix (no, seriously).<br><br>Enjoy!</p>
Bibliology (Part I)
Extravagant Worth, Worship, & Wickedness

Extravagant Worth, Worship, & Wickedness
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through John's Gospel with John 11:55–12:8, where John hold up the extravagant worth of Jesus, extravagant worship of Mary, and extravagant wickedness of Judas before our eyes.</p>

Theology Proper (Part III)
<p>Welcome to Episode #4 of The Sunday School Podcast, the only Sunday School class without a Noah’s Ark flannel-graph. We’ve got a great array of topics today, from the anatomy of Deity to a flowery book that every man should read—and how to judge like Jesus.</p>
Theology Proper (Part III)

Accidental Prophet, Rival Gods
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study of John's Gospel with John 11:45–54, where we see an unvarnished display of the hardening power of idolatry, as well as the radical grace of God in and under and over all of it.</p>
Accidental Prophet, Rival Gods

Theology Proper (Part II)
<p>In this episode, we explore the Logos of the Theos, answer a question on loving your gay neighbor, and examine a great resource on ruining your child's imagination. Enjoy and share!</p>
Theology Proper (Part II)

Love & Her Gifts
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through John's Gospel with John 11:7–44, where we see the dramatic conclusion to the living parable of Jesus and his friend, Lazarus.</p>
Love & Her Gifts
Theology Proper (Part I)

Theology Proper (Part I)
<p>In this episode, we explore rumors of God's demise (and find that they are greatly exaggerated), spanking with a smile, and James K.A. Smith.</p>

Stone & Compass
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through John's Gospel with John 11:1–6, where God's sovereign glory and self-giving love kiss.</p>
Stone & Compass
The What & The Why

The What & The Why
<p>In this episode, Pastor Brian explains the what and the why behind the Sunday School Podcast.</p>

Judas Maccabaeus & The Phylacteried Antichrists
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through the Gospel of John, this time with John 10:22–42. In this section, we watch the Christ face down a crowd of unlikely antichrists even as he pushes out the borders of our understanding of his work and identity.</p>
Judas Maccabaeus & The Phylacteried Antichrists
Woe to Wicked Shepherds!

Woe to Wicked Shepherds!
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse-by-verse study through John's Gospel with John 10:1–21, where Jesus takes up the 600-hundred-year-old mantle of the prophet Ezekiel, condemning the wicked shepherds of Israel and unveiling the Good Shepherd who has come to take their place—himself.</p>

Learning to See
<p>Pastor Brian continues our verse by verse study through John's Gospel with John 9:8–41, an narrative dripping with irony. One man starts the chapter blind and ends it seeing, and a group of Pharisees start the chapter seeing and end up blind.</p>
Learning to See
Epicurus & The Great Question Mark

Epicurus & The Great Question Mark
<p>There is a question mark that lives in every Hurricane that floods homes and drowns little children and every fire that burns down someone’s childhood home and every earthquake and every genocide and every rape and every murder and every congenital disability. It is not a new question mark. It's name is suffering.<br><br>In this sermon, Pastor Brian continues our sentence-by-sentence study through John's Gospel with John 9:1–7, where we are confronted with this question mark and Jesus' radical answer to it in a man born blind.</p>