Luke 19:28-44

"Peace" and "peacemaking" are words that get thrown around a lot. People have very different ideas of HOW we achieve peace.

So many people say that they want peace, and yet we live in a world so lacking in peace.

This episode extends the conversation from simply saying that we want peace, to ask what does Jesus show us that we can do that makes peace possible and actual?

Credits and Sources:

Dallas Willard, Scot McKnight, Bill Wilson, Joel Green, Edwin Yamauchi, David Garland, Tim Geddert, Justo Gonzalez, Alan Culpepper, Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, Preston Sprinkle, Dan White Jr.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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(02/01/26)

Luke 19:11-27

We are living in a time when the names "God" and "Jesus" are claimed by all different kinds of people who either claim or truly believe that their angle, actions, and agendas truly reflect the kingdom Jesus declared. This is nothing new. It's something Jesus dealt with as well.

This episode explores what Jesus had to say to people who presumed that his kingdom would function in the same way as the kingdoms of this world.

Credits and Sources:

Alan Culpepper, David Garland, Greg Boyd, William Herzog, N.T. Wright. Josephus, Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, Chris McKinny, Craig Keener, H. Bond, Fred Craddock, Joel Green, Kenneth Bailey, Justo Gonzalez, Tim Geddert, Donald Kraybill.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

For more information or to support this podcast visit www.netartsfriends.org

(01/25/26)

Luke 19:1-10

Underneath their hard exterior, how many wish they could find their way to a different life but are uncertain of what it might mean to let go, to take a leap into that new life.

If I make this change, am I still just going to end up alone?

Will there be enough?

Am I enough?

Can my web of broken relationships ever be whole?

Credits and Sources:

Kenneth Bailey, Louis Schotroff, Donald Kraybill, Craig Keener, Bruce Malina, Richard Rohrbaugh, David Garland, Alan Culpepper, Rachel Yehuda, Mark Baker, William Herzog, Justo Gonazlez.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

For more information or to support this podcast visit www.netartsfriends.org

(01/18/26)

Luke 18:35-43

None of us like the feeling of living differently than we said we were going to live, and yet we all know this feeling.

This one isn't only about New Year's Resolutions. It's about the moments you live through without realizing that this is your moment to shine, to practice what you preach, to have integrity. It's about the importance of being connected to a Jesus who stops and recognizes the opportunities to live a good game.

Credits & Sources:

Justo Gonzalez, David Garland, Alan Culpepper, Craig Keener, A.D. Riddle, Fred Craddock, Joel Green, Kenneth Bailey.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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(01/11/26)

Christmas 2025

This episode explores how it changes the Christmas story when we remember that none of the characters knew what was going to happen next.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

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(12/21/25)

Luke 2:8-18 (Advent)

This episode explores your experiences of joy. It helps you stop beating yourself up when you aren't experiencing much joy, while also helping you open yourself up to receive joy.

Credits & Sources:

Kenneth Bailey, Joel Green, Moises Silva, Tim Geddert, Richard Rohrbaugh, Bruce Malina, Craig Keener, Raymond Brown, C.S. Lewis.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

For more information or to support this podcast visit www.netartsfriends.org

(12/14/25)

Luke 18:31-34

You could say that this one is about death and dying and so nobody wants to listen to it. But it is much more than that. It's about how underneath all culture warring, underneath all worldview defense lies a sheer terror: We are all enslaved to the fear of death. That fear infects everything.

What does it mean to follow Jesus and walk towards an inevitable death without being enslaved to this fear?

Sources:

Ernest Becker, Richard Beck, Ted Pyscynski, Andrew Root, Kara Root, Brian Ross, Kosuke Koyama, Mark Baker, Richard Rohrbaugh, Bruce Malina, Brian Zahnd, Eric Versluis, Cynthia Vinney, Russell Barkley, Emily Smith, Erika Hayasaki, Plato, David B. Rose, Helmine Bigler, Stephen Covey, Mark Strauss, Craig Keener, N.T. Wright, and Elizaeth Bruenig.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

For more information or to support this podcast visit www.netartsfriends.org

(12/7/25)

Luke 18:15-30

So many people see the rich in the powerful in one of two ways.

• They either see them as the posterchild of success and they secretly envy them.
• Or they villainize them as corrupt oppressors.

Neither view looks through the eyes of compassion. Jesus sees what few others see about what riches and power are doing to them.

This one explores the way that Jesus speaks out of compassion for the rich and the powerful.

Credits and Sources:

Ivan Paz, William Herzog, Gerhard Lenski, Tim Jennings, Dacher Keltner, Sukhvinder Obhi, James Alison, Jerry Useem, Skye Jethani, Justo Gonzalez, David Garland, Bruce Malina, Richard Rorhbaugh, Alan Culpepper, N.T. Wright, Kenneth Bailey, Moises Silva, Tim Geddert, Renee Durbin, Miguel de la Torre.

Sermon by Aaron Carlson

For more information or to support this podcast visit www.netartsfriends.org

(11/23/25)