What do Paul's teachings on head coverings, meat sacrificed to idols, communion, and the rights of apostles have in common? Well, check this out to find out! Paul is giving the antidote to division in a church and here it is. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support…

Bringing order out of chaos --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Paul continus the conplex discussion on freedom and love with a personal example, then circling back to the questio about eating meat sacrificec to idols. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

How to live the Christian life in an extremely oppositional culture. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Even in a church with as much struggle as the Corinthians, Paul wants to affirm their authority, wisdom and sanctification in Christ. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

The Corinthian Culture so presses in upon the church that they are tempted to see basic ideas like power and wisdom in all the wrong ways. In truth we struggle with some of the same idea. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

The Corinthian church had a tough time as a radical minority in a strong culture. Dividing into factions and tribes only made their difficulties greater. Paul hopes to strengthen them by reminding them of their unity. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support…

Paul wraps up his second journey and begins his third. Meanwhile, Priscilla and Aquila set Apollos straight and he begins his first missionary journey. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

No, the Lord didn't come while you weren't looking. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

News of the Thessalonians has brought Paul a lot of encouragement, so now he returns the favor. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

After getting run out of Thessalonica, Paul steps "off the beaten path" to share with the noble minded Bereans, and then it's off to Athens where the love "do nothing but talk about ideas all day." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

To circumcise or not to circumcise, that is the question. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

How should we related as a community, especially with those who are displaying acts of the flesh instead of fruit of the spirit? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

What is wrong with the "adjusted Gospel" they are adopting? Isn't it close enough? (Hint: The answer is no) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Paul spent so much time with the Churches in Galatia and now in what seems like no time at all to Paul, they've adopted a false view of the Gospel. How could this happen he wonders as he writes them with warnings, encouragements, and corrections . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support…

Paul and Barnabas and the first missionary journey of Paul. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

God begins to make clear his intentions regarding the gentiles. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Luke is once again our guide on this leg of the journey and we get to meet some important new characters as we travel through these first infant days of the church. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

The Church starts really well, basically picking up where Jesus left off. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Luke has more to say! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

The twist at the end of the gospels, the happiest of endings, is a reminder that the reality of the universe is good! Happy endings, THE happy ending, is realistic! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

This is what it's all been about. For Jesus at His apparent defeat lies His great victory. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Everything about Jesus' trials was illegal, rushed, and inevitable. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Jesus prays for all his disciples, including you!--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

John records Jesus last words to the apostles. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

The Last Supper --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Be ready! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

When will these things happen? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Jesus continues to field challenges, all the while desperately trying to rescue the pharisees from their own self destruction and teach the apostles what true leadership should look like. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Jesus fields challenges and arguments, turning traps back on those who try to spring them on Jesus. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

When Jesus does arrive back in Jerusalem He doesn't sneak in! He rides in to great acclaim and then cleanses the temple! Jesus is a celebrity, some hate Him, some fear Him and many love Him but no one is neutral, --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

With full knowledge that the leaders are looking to kill him, Jesus nonetheless begins to work his way back to Jerusalem, making a stop in Jericho on the way. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Jesus begins to slowly work his way toward the showdown in Jerusalem, ministering and teaching as he goes.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Jesus goes to Ephraim to lay low for a bit, but that doesn't mean he stops ministering. Of course he continues to teach and minister. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

It's instructive to watch how Jesus interacts with some of his best friends during their time of grief. It's interesting to note how he responds to each according to their grief and need. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Jesus tells two of his strangest stories. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Jesus explains his priorities. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Jesus says he's the shepherd and the pharisees are sheep stealers! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Who's the blind man now? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Jesus gives a few reasons not to fret. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Beware the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Luke takes us into some last days priorities for Jesus --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Jesus is making it hard for people to remain neutral about Him. His claims are becoming too large! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Jesus continues to turn up the heat, leaving no room for a neutral opinion on himself. People must decide if he's a mad man and blasphemer of the worst kind, or someone to worship. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

John begins to reveal the confusing and conflicting attitude of the crowd towards Jesus. Things are heating up and Jesus is even beginning to caution people who want to join him that it's a very serious moment. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

What does Jesus say about Hell? What does he say about church authority? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Jesus forces the apostles to recognize their tension about what they think is Glory and power and what Jesus thinks is Glory and power. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Jesus continues to challenge the apostles and their ideas of the Messiah and the kingdom coming in power. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Jesus begins to make his apostles uncomfortable as he gets them ready for the big moment. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support

Jesus tries to help people see the difference between coming to Jesus because we're hungry for a miracle and recognizing that our true hunger is for the miracle worker Himself. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/david-megill/support