Jesus is tempted in the wilderness and calls his first disciples.
Category: The Gospels
Theopolis Podcast: Luke 1:1-4 (Advent to Epiphany)
This week we start a new series on the Theopolis podcast, exploring Luke’s accounts of the nativity and childhood of Jesus. In this episode, Peter Leithart, Jeff Meyers, and I discuss Luke 1:1-4.
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The Genesis of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1)
In my new series on the Gospel according to Matthew, I discuss Matthew 1—Jesus’s genealogy and birth.
Theopolis Podcast: The End of John’s Gospel (The Gospel of John)

This week on the Theopolis podcast, Peter Leithart and I discuss the concluding chapters of John’s Gospel.
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The Summons of Jesus and Elijah to Discipleship
Would be interested in your comments regarding Luke 9:61-62 as possibly echoing Elijah’s call of Elisha in 1 Kings 19:19-21, where Elisha is seen both plowing and bidding farewell to his parents before following Elijah.
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Theopolis Podcast: Feeding the Five Thousand (The Gospel of John)

In our current Theopolis podcast series, Peter Leithart, Jeff Meyers, and I are working through the first half of the Gospel of John, focusing on the signs of Jesus. This week we discuss Jesus’ fourth sign, the feeding of the five thousand in John 6:1-14.
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Transcript for The Parable of the Good Samaritan
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The Temptation in Gethsemane
On this week’s Mere Fidelity, Matt, Derek, Andrew, and I discuss the temptations of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane.
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The Typology of the Beheading of John the Baptist
Is there an ironic twist in Herod’s niece getting John the Baptist beheaded? An upside down protoevangelium?
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Theopolis Podcast: Water to Wine (The Gospel of John)

In our current Theopolis podcast series, Peter Leithart, Jeff Meyers, and I are working through the first half of the Gospel of John, focusing on the signs of Jesus. This week we discuss Jesus’s first sign, the turning of water into wine at the wedding in Cana.
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