Episodes

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 thin...

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 really looking for? Check it out. Suppo...

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. Wh...

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 a stunning gift? The s...

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 woman than this unname...

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. The Roman...

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 be...

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 just a lit...

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, but from the POV ...

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 needi...

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 able t...

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 on. If you benefited ...

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...

Here’s where we are in the central movement of the Song. The Queen is betrothed to the King. He has come for her to complete the marriage process in a grand marriage procession. Arguably twice she has left him hanging at the ...

After Jewish wedding feasts, the couple disappear into the chuppah for the marriage to be at last consummated. Usually it is a time of great joy and celebration. The Queen suspects that this will not be one of those times. He...

We are deep in Movement 4. Now the Queen is thrilled by the expectations of the final part of the marriage ceremony, but she is also terrified of her dark secret being discovered. There is nothing she can do. She is in too fa...

If the Song of Songs is the greatest presentation of the gospel in the Old Testament, Movement 4 is the greatest gospel presentation in the entire songs. When I do a Kiss of God weekend, this is Saturday afternoon, the mic-dr...

Movement #5. Christian men and woman are longing for real intimacy—we are tired of fake it til you make it, or your role is this and my role is this—just do it, or there are no roles, that should work. Worthy of ongoing dialo...

Are you tired of just intercourse? Wouldn't you rather intimacy? Looking at Movement 5, the parallel to Movement 3 of the Song of Songs. The Queen’s problem is not that she is crazy, or disrespectful, or unsubmissive. She ne...