Episodes

BRAND NEW SERIES!!!! Addicts (and we are all addicts if we were just a little bit honest), welcome to Gospel Rant and this new series Power 2 Change (P2C). This is a good place to start at the beginning of …

Merry Christmas! So who were the Magi? What were they doing in Bethlehem and what does it mean for us today? What happened when the love of God for the irrelevant bumps into pagan irrelevant ambassadors? Support The Show: htt...

Merry Christmas! What happens in the Advent story when God's love bumps into a disgraced and long cursed tribe? This is one of the best cold-case stories ever. Enjoy. Pass it on. The love of God can do it. Support …

Merry Christmas. You know the story of Zechariah, a faithful priest in the irrelevant temple of God in Jerusalem around 5 BCE? Or do you? What happens when God's love bumps into an irrelevant priest? Support The Show: https:/...

Merry Christmas. You know the story of Zechariah, a faithful priest in the irrelevant temple of God in Jerusalem around 5 BCE? Or do you? What happens when God's love bumps into an irrelevant priest? Support The Show: https:/...

Merry Christmas! The Temple of God in Jerusalem in the first century had become irrelevant compared to it's Old Testament counterpart. We will explain why. But what's going to happen when God comes and bumps into His irreleva...

What happens when the love of God incarnate bumps into a woman who has lost everything--at the funeral of her only child? We will dig a little into the concept of Jesus 'seeing' her. Very powerful. It could change how …

We know the story. A rich ruler comes to Jesus and asks what he must do to inherit eternal life. But there is so much more to the story than the way it is most often taught. What was he …

What happens when God’s love bumps into a man who would have been treated as an outcast, unclean, and likely cursed by God. Today we treat such people differently, but then, to be born blind carried a huge societal stigma. …

What happens when God’s love bumps into the perhaps most unlovable unworthy, unlikable person in the Old Testament? What happens when the love of God for the unlovable, the unloved and the unlovely bumps into the active unrep...

On this Gospel Rant, we are going to look at God's relationship with the first murderer Cain. What if I told you that it is pretty clear in the story that God's really did love Cain and was offering him …

What's going to happen when the fierce love of God for the unlovable bumps into someone whose unfortunate disease made them leave family and tribe and live in the shadows as untouchables. Does God's love pursue and embrace le...

Now that we've laid out a more biblical view and understanding of God's love, let's see it in practice. Our first case study is a really good one. It is hard to think of a more unlovable or more unloved …

Did you know that the Greek word eros (where we get erotic) is not even in the New Testament? Only used twice in the Green Old Testament. And yet, we modern Christians, like the Ancient Romans are terrified of eros. …

I have come to believe, based upon a lot of research that our Western view of love, including our western Christian view of love, has much more in common with the Ancient Romans than Paul. Example? The Ancient Romans truly …

Welcome to our new series, God’s Love for the Unlovable . It’s the stark wonderful and frightening truth, God’s love is for the unlovable, the unlovely, and the unloved. That’s all of us on any given day if we were …

In this show, Dr. Bill will read Movements 6-Epilogue from his Novella (available on Amazon). Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising oppor...

The events in the Queen’s life—just like us-- relationships, choices, context had beat her up and sucked substance and identity away from her. Until the King. And the King’s powerful gaze. Now, she makes a splash. She is diff...

The Song of Songs is ridiculously modern. Have you heard of the female gaze in films and TV projects? These are the projects that present the POV of the woman, not from the lens of a male director or writer, …

We are about proclaiming God’s love to the unlovable, the unloved and the unlovely. That’s all of us, if were only a little honest. Are you beginning to see changes in you? Your sense of worth, value, identity? Are you …

There is something in the direct unaverted gaze of Jesus that initially causes us to look away, to close our eyes. There is shame, there is fear of seeing disappointment, or his notice of some ugly that we haven’t been …

Dr. Bill is reading from his modern screenplay of the Song of Songs, Movement 4: The Novella. No ancient Hebrew poetry, just Movement 4 in plain clear English. Enjoy. Support The Show: https://www.gospelrant.com/ Discover mor...

It's the summer of pink. The blockbuster movie scored $330 million in the first weekend alone. It could be nominated for up to 10 Oscars. So this is a special Gospel Rant. I hope you enjoy it and pass it …

Hopefully you have been following the last 4 shows on this very important Movement 4 of the Song of Songs. There was the shocking betrothal of the Great King and this very unworthy emotionally shredded bride with a secret sha...