Many of us cannot imagine Heaven without bacon. Concerns about meat in Heaven may seem silly, but they're actually really relevant. Kaitlyn unpacks our understanding of our relationship to food, the Garden of Eden, and the Resurrection. And Mike wonders if, perhaps, Heaven will be full of hamburger trees.
0:00 - Theme Song
1:54 - Will There Be Meat in Heaven?
5:44 - Sin Vs. Limitations
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13:56 - Adam and Eve and Meat
16:20 - Meat as Celebration
23:10 - Expecting a Better World
28:50 - End Credits
So, babies don't know very much. God knows everything. God became a baby. With all that in mind, did Baby Jesus know everything? Kaitlyn talks about Jesus being both a person and God at the same time and how confusing that can get!
0:00 - Theme Song
1:00 - All-Knowing Baby Jesus?
2:30 - Jesus Grew in Wisdom
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11:55 - What's Hypostatic Union?
17:44 - Jesus Self-Restraint
27:31 - Summing it Up
29:38 - End Credits
Human beings are made in the image of God, so we should be first, right? The first are usually the most important. Why would God make us after all the animals and plants? Kaitlyn explains the theology behind Adam and Even being made after the Garden of Eden.
0:00 - Theme Song
1:33 - Why Did God Create People Last?
2:42 - Being Last Humbles Us
9:00 - Being Last Elevates Us
16:18 - God Gave Us Rest
21:26 - Why Rest is Hard
26:05 - End Credits
So, every year, we talk about Jesus dying and coming back. Did that just happen once, or did he die and come back? Kaitlyn and Mike talk about why we mourn Jesus every year even though he only died once.
0:00 - Theme Song
2:45 - Does Jesus Die on the Cross Every Easter?
9:08 - Crucifixion and Communion
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21:28 - Mourning Jesus
27:01 - Lament with Hope
29:00 - End Credit
Ever read something Jesus said and thought… wait, was that supposed to make sense? One young listener asks why Jesus seemed to intentionally confuse people in Mark 4, and it turns out she's stumbled onto one of the hardest passages in the Gospels. Kaitlyn and Mike dig into the parable of the sower, Jesus' surprising quote from Isaiah, and whether God actually wants some people not to understand. They also wrestle with a tension many of us feel: why doesn't God just make everything clearer? The answer has less to do with intelligence and more to do with relationship, trust, and timing.
0:00 - Theme Song
1:15 - Why Does Jesus Confuse People?
2:45 - Mark 4
10:19 - Old Testament God
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21:22 - Truth Must Be Revealed
28:55 - Truth is Deep
34:54 - End Credits
You may have heard people in church say, "Jesus is the Word of God," but they also say, "The Bible is the Word of God." The Bible itself refers to Jesus as the "Word of God." How are those things both true? Kaitlyn's explains how the term "Word of God" is used throughout the Bible, the debates around the Greek word for "word," and how we interpret scripture to define important terms.
0:00 - Theme Song
1:00 - Why are Jesus and Scripture Both Called the Word of God?
4:30 - Translating "Logos"
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12:05 - "Word" as Revelation
21:40 - God Loves Us
24:11 - End Credits
If your dog goes to heaven, will she see Jesus as a dog? Kaitlyn and Mike explore what the Bible actually says about animals, God's care for creation, and whether the pets we love might be part of the new creation. They tackle why Jesus became human and why that particular, embodied humanity still matters today. The conversation leads to a bigger question many adults quietly assume: is Jesus whoever we want him to be? And what happens when the real Jesus challenges the version we've made in our own image.
0:00 - Theme Song
1:05 - Will Jesus Look Like a Dog to Dogs?
5:04 - God Loves Animals
12:11 - Is Jesus Still Human?
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21:32 - Jesus Isn't All Things
29:53 - Self-Examination
33:52 - End Credits
Pharaoh's magicians seem to be doing magic in the Bible! If supernatural power comes from God, then how are these guys turning rods into snakes? Kaitlyn talks about how people have understood that passage in the Bible and what it reveals about our relationship to idols, magic, and God.
0:00 - Theme Song
0:56 - Why Did God Let Pharaoh's Magicians Do Magic?
4:25 - Was it Just a Magic Trick?
9:12 - God vs Egyptian gods
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18:35 - Idols and Magic
26:30 - Final Words
30:55 - End Credits
Most of us assume angels rank above humans in the great cosmic hierarchy. But angels, for all their mystery and power, lack two essential parts of what it means to be human: a physical body and the kind of covenant relationship with God that shapes our story. Kaitlyn takes up the simple question of whether angels are boys or girls and uses it to draw out the deeper differences between angels and humans and how these differences point us back to the astonishing claim at the heart of Scripture: that embodied, relational humanity holds a uniquely honored place in God's creation.
0:00 - Theme Song
1:08 - Angels in the Bible
8:26 - Do Angels Have Bodies?
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17:38 - Marriage in Heaven
22:06 - Are Angels Better Than Us?
28:37 - Goodness of Limitation
31:37 - End Credits
Did God choose you or did you choose God? Kaitlyn tackles one of Christianity's most debated questions, predestination vs. free will, exploring what the Bible says about God's sovereignty, human choice, and how believers have wrestled with holding both together for centuries. She also addresses the deeper motivations behind this debate, including fear about salvation, questions about responsibility, and the temptation to settle for overly simple answers to complex mysteries.
0:00 - Theme Song
1:10 - Free Will or Predestination?
5:18 - Bible Verse
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18:11 - Mystery and Theology
23:48 - Is Life "Choose Your Own Adventure?"
30:52- What to Read About Predestination/Free Will?
33:45 - End Credits
Isn't it weird that the Bible has all these little verse and chapter markers? And the original writers of the books of the Bible didn't write them. So, where did they come from? Kaitlyn explains why we have verse and chapter markers and how it sometimes changes how we read the Bible.
0:00 - Theme Song
0:52 - What's With All the Numbers in the Bible?
4:00 - Why Read Whole Books of the Bible?
8:18 - Dividing the Bible Into Verses
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17:12 - Daily Vitamin
21:58 - How Divisions Change Interpretation
28:35 - Not Being Intimidated by Scripture
33:28 - End Credits