In this week’s episode, Tony explores what it means to obey the Father’s command at the Transfiguration to “listen” to Jesus.He explains how this week’s readings expose the sinfulness that still remains in our hearts, using the Rich Young Ruler and the Laborers in the Vineyard to reveal our pride, selfishness, and misplaced affections.Tony concludes by encouraging us not merely to hear Jesus’ words, but to truly listen, allowing them to lead us to confession, repentance, and transformation.Digging Deeper Reflection Questions:1. Where did Jesus expose selfishness, pride, or misplaced priorities in your heart this week?2. What is one thing you sense Jesus is asking you to surrender in order to follow Him more wholeheartedly?3. What would it look like this week to truly love God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and to love your neighbor as yourself?We pray this week’s readings, episode, and Digging Deeper reflection questions both challenge and encourage you as you continue to grow in your faith.

In this week’s episode, Brian takes us through Matthew 7-16, focusing on the Kingdom of Heaven and what it reveals about identity, fear, and faith.He examines Jesus' frequent use of parables, showing how they challenged listeners to figure out the meaning, but often brought more confusion than answers.Brian then highlights how the human race wants answers and systems to follow, but Jesus seeks to destroy systems so we can learn to embrace His mystery and deepen our faith. Digging Deeper Reflection Questions:1. What systems do you find yourself relying on more than trusting God?2. What scares you most about walking by faith and embracing the mystery of God's ways?3. What is one truth Jesus teaches in this week's readings that you can intentionally apply every day this week?We pray this week’s readings, episode, and Digging Deeper reflection questions both challenge and encourage you as you continue to grow in your faith.

In this week’s episode, Mickey introduces the book of Ruth, highlighting the faithfulness of Ruth and Boaz, who chose to honor God and serve others during the time of the Judges, when "everyone did what was right in their own eyes."Next, Mickey shows how Boaz provides Scripture’s clearest picture of the kinsman-redeemer, whose sacrificial, life-giving love points us to Jesus, who redeems His people and makes them His bride.As we begin Matthew, Mickey highlights Jesus’ genealogy, where the inclusion of two Gentile women testifies to God’s plan to redeem all nations. He then turns to the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus teaches what it means to live as citizens of His kingdom.Digging Deeper Reflection Questions:1. Ruth left her past behind to follow the God of Israel. What from your past are you still holding onto that you need to surrender to King Jesus?2. Are there any prejudices or biases you hold against others because they come from a different background than you?3. In what ways is God calling you to sacrificially serve and meet the needs of those closest to you?We pray this week’s readings, episode, and Digging Deeper reflection questions both challenge and encourage you as you continue to grow in your faith.

In this week's episode, Teddy reminds us that the book of Judges doesn't sanitize the human condition, but rather, it exposes what happens when people abandon God and forget their identity in Him.Looking at the life of Samson and others, Teddy highlights the compromises and choices that led to their downfall, challenging us to examine our own lives in light of the identity God has given us.Finally, he points to the twice repeated refrain that everyone "did what was right in their own eyes" as both a warning and a hope: no matter how far we've drifted, God is ready to forgive and restore those who turn back to Him.Digging Deeper Reflection Questions:1. Where in my life am I tempted to do "what is right in my own eyes" instead of submitting to God's authority?2. Like Samson, have a series of small compromises slowly pulled me away from the identity God has given me?3. What would change in the second half if I lived from my identity as God's beloved child instead of trying to prove or protect myself?We pray this week’s readings, episode, and Digging Deeper reflection questions both challenge and encourage you as you continue to grow in your faith.

In this week's episode, Simon takes us through Judges 3–12, focusing on the story of Gideon and what it reveals about identity, fear, and faith.He explores how God called a man hiding in a winepress a "mighty man of valor" challenging us to see ourselves through God's eyes rather than our own.Finally, Simon follows Gideon's journey from fear to victory—and the surprising dangers of drift that can follow success.Digging Deeper Reflection Questions:1. What labels have I accepted about myself that God is asking me to let go of?2. Where is God calling me to trust His voice more than my circumstances?3. What helps me remain dependent on God after seasons of victory?We pray this week’s readings, episode, and Digging Deeper reflection questions both challenge and encourage you as you continue to grow in your faith.

In this week's episode, Tony explores the transition from Joshua to Judges and God's purpose for Israel as His covenant people.He then examines Israel's failure to fully drive out the inhabitants of the land and how compromise eventually led them away from the Lord.Finally, Tony challenges listeners to consider their own lives. What areas of sin, compromise, or brokenness are being tolerated instead of surrendered to God? Through confession, healing, and obedience, God invites us into the freedom and transformation found in Christ.Reflection Questions:1. What areas of compromise or "unclaimed territory" still remain in your heart?2. If the Holy Spirit is at work within you, empowering you to walk in obedience, why do certain strongholds remain?3. What would it look like for you to walk through a process of healing, cleansing, and freedom in those areas?We pray this week’s readings, episode, and Digging Deeper questions both challenge and encourage you as you continue to grow in your faith.

In this episode, Brian explores Joshua 9–18 and highlights how easy it is to be deceived and make poor decisions when we fail to inquire of the Lord.Looking at Israel's encounter with the Gibeonites, Brian examines Joshua's failure to seek God's counsel and how decisions based solely on what we see, think, or feel can lead us astray.Brian also shares some of his personal prayer practices—how he intentionally quiets his own thoughts, removes distractions and obstacles, seeks God's direction, listens for His leading, and then responds in obedience to what God reveals.Reflection Questions:1. When faced with an important decision, do you first inquire of the Lord, or do you make your plans and then ask Him to bless them?2. Are you intentionally spending time with Jesus so that you can recognize His voice and discern His leading?3. When you believe God has spoken, do you respond with obedience, even when it's difficult?We pray this week’s readings, episode, and Digging Deeper questions both challenge and encourage you as you continue to grow in your faith.

In this episode, Mickey highlights how God always has a plan, that His plans are always good, and that when we trust and follow Him, He faithfully directs our steps.Mickey then explores God's encouragement to Joshua as he steps into leadership, showing how God gives him exactly what he needs and calls him to be strong and courageous. Ultimately, it is God who establishes and exalts Joshua before the people.Finally, Mickey examines the contrasting stories of Rahab and Achan, demonstrating how faith and obedience can impact generations for good, while sin and disobedience can bring devastating consequences not only to ourselves but also to those around us.Reflection Questions:1. Where is God calling you to be strong and courageous, trusting that He is with you and for you?2. Is there an area of your life where God is asking you to step out in faith, like the priests carrying the ark into the Jordan?3. Are you seeking God's plans for your life, or are you pursuing your own plans and asking Him to bless them?We pray this week’s readings, episode, and Digging Deeper questions both challenge and encourage you as you continue to grow in your faith.

In this episode, Teddy highlights how God is not looking for perfect people, but trusting people who remember who they are and whose they are.Teddy explores how the greatest battles we face are often not "out there," but within our own hearts and minds, where trust and fear compete for control.He then examines how God, the Author of life, sets before Israel two paths: one leading to life and blessing, the other to destruction. God's desire and plea is that His people would choose life.Finally, Teddy looks at Joshua and his calling to trust not in his own strength or ability, but to be strong and courageous because God is with him.Digging Deeper Reflection Questions:1. What fear is trying to control me right now?2. What would change if I truly believed God was with me?3. Am I living like an orphan fighting for survival, or a child resting in the care of my Father?We pray this week’s readings, episode, and Digging Deeper questions both challenge and encourage you as you continue to grow in your faith.

In this week's episode, Simon highlights how God was forming Israel into a different kind of nation—a people who would reflect His heart, character, and nature to the world around them.Simon explores how seriously God takes sin, knowing that it never remains small. Once it takes root, it grows and slowly destroys people, families, communities, and cultures.He also examines God’s concern for the vulnerable and how His laws provided protection and care for those who would otherwise be overlooked or forgotten.Finally, Simon shows how Jesus is both the fulfillment of these laws and warnings, and the One who takes the punishment for mankind's inability to keep it, perfectly revealing the heart and character of God.Digging Deeper Reflection Questions:1. What kind of person am I becoming because of Him? Am I becoming more compassionate, honest, and generous?2. Am I reflecting God well in the way I treat others?3. Do I use power the way the world uses power, or the way Jesus does?We pray this week’s readings, episode, and Digging Deeper questions both challenge and encourage you as you continue to grow in your faith.