1. Chad and Daniel spend quite a bit of time discussing violence and death in the Bible. Five kings are trapped in a cave and Israel is winning battle after battle.
  2. Paul wraps up his “missionary support letter” by seeking support for the church around the known world in both spiritual and physical ways. A lot of names are mentioned--some we know, some we don’t--but God has used them all.
  3. A paralytic is lowered through a roof, sins are absolved, an unlikely person is called to follow Jesus and Jesus gets in trouble for partying with sinners.
  4. Five kings rise up to go to war. We remember the plagues of Egypt. And the sun stands still?
  5. Leprosy, demons, sinful fishermen and a mother-in-law. All that in more in this episode.
  6. Israel’s neighbors trick them into making a covenant with them in a strange way. How will Joshua deal with his promise when he discovers they have been deceived?
  7. Temptation in the wilderness. A riot in His hometown. Silencing a demon. Jesus is busy in this episode.
  8. Everything is destroyed and something very unpleasant is done to the king of Ai that ends up pointing us to Jesus.
  9. John is preaching in the wilderness and baptizing people in the Jordan River.
  10. If you admit that you’re the weaker brother, does that make you the stronger brother because the stronger brother refused to admit he’s the weaker brother? . . . or something like that.
  11. Jesus is born, and His birth is proclaimed to shepherds which includes good news for all of us.