Season 1
Episodes
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Episode 15 -Stephanie starts by reading the account Jesus' baptism according to Matthew... in the unusual The Message translation!
Today we start by looking at the meaning of the word baptism in the original...
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Interview: Christmas in the early church: a modern-day testimony!
Episode 14 -Have you ever wondered how Matthew and the early church experienced the first Christmases in a culture that fiercely opposed them? What can we learn from how they celebrate Christmas with each other?
Lisa...
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A Christmas calling
Episode 13 -In this double-length episode, Stephanie explores Mary's recollection of Christmas through the pen of Luke. We dwell at length on the Angel's announcement to the young woman, her reaction, and how she...
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Three Kings bearing gifts... this is Gospel Spice Christmas!
Episode 12 -Matthew transports us to the exotic land of the Magi, or Wise men from the Orient. They came bearing gifts... and received an unexpected welcome. Join Stephanie as we enter the land of Israel on Christmas...
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Nutmeg family spice: welcome to Gospel Spice Christmas!
Episode 11 -Stephanie takes us from her grandmother's Christmas kitchen straight into the genealogy that introduces the Christmas story in Matthew chapter 1. Despite the apparent boredom of such long-winded lists of...
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Jesus in the Old Testament: breathtaking glimpses from mountain peaks
Episode 10 -We're back in the gospel of Matthew as we enter the Christmas season with this Thanksgiving episode!
Have you ever wondered how chocolate and Scripture are related? Well, here is your answer!
Stephanie...
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Interview: The tension of living in our unfinished stories
Episode 9 -How do we handle being in the middle of unresolved stories as followers of Jesus? Join Stephanie Rousselle and Leigh Makenzie as they explore what it means to parent college-bound high schoolers today, what...
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Tasting the spice for the first time
Episode 8 -You may have heard the saying that there are five gospels--the four written in the New Testament, and then, your own life as a believer. Most people will not read the written gospels until they have...
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Interview: Making wishes come true
Episode 7 -Stephanie is joined by Renae Brumbaugh Green today to explore the beauty of wishes coming true, when God chooses to lavish us with unexpected joys amidst the bitterness of life.
Renae Brumbaugh Green is an...
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Matthew who?!?
Episode 6 -Matthew didn't start out as prime material to become a gospel writer. Or did he?
A tax collector hated by his countrymen, he ended up writing the book that bridges the Old and the New Testaments. No small...
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Jesus, Son of God and Son of Man
Episode 5 -Who would ever have thought that an understated miracle tucked away in the pages of Matthew could be be reason that initially led the Pharisees to want to crucify Jesus?
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Who does Jesus say He is?
Episode 4 -We dig right into an understated, usually overlooked miracle by Jesus where He heals a common leper. Matthew does not tell us what his audience knew--that there was something absolutely unique in this...
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