Earlier this week I published an episode of my solo podcast, SECOND CUP WITH KEITH, where I interviewed my friend, Lisa Martinez, about her family’s experiences working with International Justice Mission to help end the use of children as sex slaves and child labor in India. In our conversation, Lisa talked candidly about the very real factors that contribute to the use of children as cheap labor for American manufacturers, and as sexual slaves for [mostly] American sex tourists in... Read more
SAYING 66: Jesus said: “Show me the stone which the builders rejected; it is the cornerstone.” In other words, the ideas everyone else – “the builders” – have all rejected, those are the ideas we need to not only reconsider, but allow to become our
It’s quite common for Christians to bemoan the fact that the “World” – meaning non-Christians – reject the Gospel message of Jesus. What they mean to suggest is that they are the ones who embrace the message of Jesus while everyone else foolishly and ignorantly rejects his message. And while they Church is correct about the fact that the World system – the corporate empire and governmental authorities – do indeed reject the message of Jesus, the idea that the... Read more
SAYING 65: He [Jesus] said, “A [kind] man owned a vineyard, and put it in the hands of cultivators for them to cultivate, so that he might get its produce from them. He sent his slave so the cultivators might give the produce of the
SAYING 64: Jesus said, “A man was receiving out-of-town visitors. And having prepared the dinner, he sent a slave to invite the visitors. The slave went first and said to that one, ‘My master invites you.’ That person said, ‘Some wholesale merchants owe me money;
I get asked this question a lot by those who read my books and blog posts. Usually it’s in response to a post or a chapter they read about how certain words were either added to the text or removed from the text by English translators, or sometimes it’s in reaction to my pointing out that some versions of the Bible are translated by teams of scholars who are funded by religious institutions with a vested interest in making sure... Read more
SAYING 63: Jesus said, “There was a rich man who had considerable wealth. He said, ‘I shall invest my wealth so as to sow, reap, plant, and fill my barns with crops, lest I run short of something.’ These things are what he was thinking
SAYING 62: Jesus said, “It is to those who seek my mysteries that I reveal my mysteries. Do not let your left hand understand what your right hand is doing.” Some versions of this saying render the first sentence as “…those who are worthy
In this week’s episode of my podcast, Second Cup with Keith, I kick off a brand-new series on Biblical Marriage to answer your questions about the subject. LISTEN NOW: Second Cup with Keith is back after a short hiatus! To get things rolling, I wanted to start a new series of episodes about Marriage from a Biblical perspective. Our series will include episodes about gender, sexuality, divorce, and more. This first episode explains why this series is so important... Read more
SAYING 61: Jesus said, “Two will repose on a couch: one will die, one will live. Salome said, “Who are you, O man? Like a stranger you have gotten upon my couch and you have eaten from my table.” Jesus said to her, “It
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