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	<title>Born to Win with Ronald L. Dart</title>
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		<title>The Gospel of John #7</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I must confess, I was a little puzzled at the reaction of the Jewish community to the movie The Passion of the Christ. But when I reflected on some of the persecution of Jews by Christians down through the centuries, it did make a little bit of sense. You would think, though, that in the modern world we would be past all that.What the director of that film was doing is portraying as honestly as possible the last twelve hours of Jesus’ life as a man. What some call his passion. But because Jesus was being condemned by the Jewish leadership, some people—some fools—have blamed all Jews for what happened. This is an ignorant and foolish mistake, but people make it.I suppose most readers of the Bible forget that Jesus’ mother was a Jewish maiden. And that Joseph, Mary’s husband, was a Jew. They forget that Peter, James, John, and all the rest of his apostles were Jews. They forget that Nicodemus, a Jewish leader, became a disciple. They forget that Joseph of Arimathea, who gave his tomb to Jesus, was a Jew. And they forget that a great multitude of Jews in that age would have given Jesus a favorable review. So what went wrong?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[I must confess, I was a little puzzled at the reaction of the Jewish community to the movie The Passion of the Christ. But when I reflected on some of the persecution of Jews by Christians down through the centuries, it did make a little bit of sense. You would think, though, that in the modern world we would be past all that.What the director of that film was doing is portraying as honestly as possible the last twelve hours of Jesus’ life as a man. What some call his passion. But because Jesus was being condemned by the Jewish leadership, some people—some fools—have blamed all Jews for what happened. This is an ignorant and foolish mistake, but people make it.I suppose most readers of the Bible forget that Jesus’ mother was a Jewish maiden. And that Joseph, Mary’s husband, was a Jew. They forget that Peter, James, John, and all the rest of his apostles were Jews. They forget that Nicodemus, a Jewish leader, became a disciple. They forget that Joseph of Arimathea, who gave his tomb to Jesus, was a Jew. And they forget that a great multitude of Jews in that age would have given Jesus a favorable review. So what went wrong?]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[I must confess, I was a little puzzled at the reaction of the Jewish community to the movie The Passion of the Christ. But when I reflected on some of the persecution of Jews by Christians down through the centuries, it did make a little bit of sense. You would think, though, that in the modern world we would be past all that.What the director of that film was doing is portraying as honestly as possible the last twelve hours of Jesus’ life as a man. What some call his passion. But because Jesus was being condemned by the Jewish leadership, some people—some fools—have blamed all Jews for what happened. This is an ignorant and foolish mistake, but people make it.I suppose most readers of the Bible forget that Jesus’ mother was a Jewish maiden. And that Joseph, Mary’s husband, was a Jew. They forget that Peter, James, John, and all the rest of his apostles were Jews. They forget that Nicodemus, a Jewish leader, became a disciple. They forget that Joseph of Arimathea, who gave his tomb to Jesus, was a Jew. And they forget that a great multitude of Jews in that age would have given Jesus a favorable review. So what went wrong?]]></googleplay:description>
	<itunes:summary>I must confess, I was a little puzzled at the reaction of the Jewish community to the movie The Passion of the Christ. But when I reflected on some of the persecution of Jews by Christians down through the centuries, it did make a little bit of sense. You</itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Gospel of John #6</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus was a constant puzzle to the Pharisees. Sometimes he is a bit puzzling to us, too. And we have had a lot of time to digest what he was saying. And, let’s face it, some of the things he was saying were pretty far out. This is not just a good man we are listening to; not merely a great teacher.He was standing in the environs of the Temple one day and he said to the people gathered around, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.The Pharisees recognized this as a very large claim on Jesus’ part and they challenged it. They said, Look, We’re not going to believe this just because you say so. You are bearing record of yourself. This was not an unreasonable objection. If I told you I was a prophet you would have every right to say, That’s what you say. Why should I believe it? Let’s take a look at Jesus’ answer in John, chapter 12.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Jesus was a constant puzzle to the Pharisees. Sometimes he is a bit puzzling to us, too. And we have had a lot of time to digest what he was saying. And, let’s face it, some of the things he was saying were pretty far out. This is not just a good man we are listening to; not merely a great teacher.He was standing in the environs of the Temple one day and he said to the people gathered around, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.The Pharisees recognized this as a very large claim on Jesus’ part and they challenged it. They said, Look, We’re not going to believe this just because you say so. You are bearing record of yourself. This was not an unreasonable objection. If I told you I was a prophet you would have every right to say, That’s what you say. Why should I believe it? Let’s take a look at Jesus’ answer in John, chapter 12.]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Jesus was a constant puzzle to the Pharisees. Sometimes he is a bit puzzling to us, too. And we have had a lot of time to digest what he was saying. And, let’s face it, some of the things he was saying were pretty far out. This is not just a good man we are listening to; not merely a great teacher.He was standing in the environs of the Temple one day and he said to the people gathered around, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.The Pharisees recognized this as a very large claim on Jesus’ part and they challenged it. They said, Look, We’re not going to believe this just because you say so. You are bearing record of yourself. This was not an unreasonable objection. If I told you I was a prophet you would have every right to say, That’s what you say. Why should I believe it? Let’s take a look at Jesus’ answer in John, chapter 12.]]></googleplay:description>
	<itunes:summary>Jesus was a constant puzzle to the Pharisees. Sometimes he is a bit puzzling to us, too. And we have had a lot of time to digest what he was saying. And, let’s face it, some of the things he was saying were pretty far out. This is not just a good man we</itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Gospel of John #5</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Considering all that Jesus did, and considering his personal charisma, does it strike you as strange that there was a point when many of his disciples turned away and didn’t follow him any longer? What did Jesus do or say that led to the point where John says, From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.Having a religious leader lose some disciples is not a big deal. But we’re talking about Jesus—a man who healed the sick and the lame—a man of great love and appeal. But for some reason, on this occasion, a large group of his followers abandoned him. It was not anything he did. It had to be something he said. The incident comes late in the sixth chapter of John’s gospel.He was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum—not far from his old home. And something he said caused his disciples to say, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? What on earth could have offended them?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Considering all that Jesus did, and considering his personal charisma, does it strike you as strange that there was a point when many of his disciples turned away and didn’t follow him any longer? What did Jesus do or say that led to the point where John says, From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.Having a religious leader lose some disciples is not a big deal. But we’re talking about Jesus—a man who healed the sick and the lame—a man of great love and appeal. But for some reason, on this occasion, a large group of his followers abandoned him. It was not anything he did. It had to be something he said. The incident comes late in the sixth chapter of John’s gospel.He was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum—not far from his old home. And something he said caused his disciples to say, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? What on earth could have offended them?]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Considering all that Jesus did, and considering his personal charisma, does it strike you as strange that there was a point when many of his disciples turned away and didn’t follow him any longer? What did Jesus do or say that led to the point where John says, From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.Having a religious leader lose some disciples is not a big deal. But we’re talking about Jesus—a man who healed the sick and the lame—a man of great love and appeal. But for some reason, on this occasion, a large group of his followers abandoned him. It was not anything he did. It had to be something he said. The incident comes late in the sixth chapter of John’s gospel.He was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum—not far from his old home. And something he said caused his disciples to say, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? What on earth could have offended them?]]></googleplay:description>
	<itunes:summary>Considering all that Jesus did, and considering his personal charisma, does it strike you as strange that there was a point when many of his disciples turned away and didn’t follow him any longer? What did Jesus do or say that led to the point where Joh</itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Solitary Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Everyone knows this verse by heart. But there may be something here that lies unnoticed even though it is crucial to the story. Later on in Genesis, And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help fitting for him. So, on the sixth day of creation, God not only created man and woman, he created something else. He created a relationship; we call it marriage.And in his formulation, It is not good for man to be alone, God iterated a universal principle—a universal truth—that goes far beyond marriage. We know these things, almost intuitively, but sometimes it isn’t easy to express them clearly. Solomon, however, found a way. In the Book of Ecclesiastes, he said this:Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls; for he has not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevails against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 KJ2000Now, this is so obvious, so true—not only in the Bible, but in human experience—that you would think it would transcend all argument. But you would be wrong. Let’s start with one very influential example.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Everyone knows this verse by heart. But there may be something here that lies unnoticed even though it is crucial to the story. Later on in Genesis, And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help fitting for him. So, on the sixth day of creation, God not only created man and woman, he created something else. He created a relationship; we call it marriage.And in his formulation, It is not good for man to be alone, God iterated a universal principle—a universal truth—that goes far beyond marriage. We know these things, almost intuitively, but sometimes it isn’t easy to express them clearly. Solomon, however, found a way. In the Book of Ecclesiastes, he said this:Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls; for he has not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevails against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 KJ2000Now, this is so obvious, so true—not only in the Bible, but in human experience—that you would think it would transcend all argument. But you would be wrong. Let’s start with one very influential example.]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Everyone knows this verse by heart. But there may be something here that lies unnoticed even though it is crucial to the story. Later on in Genesis, And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help fitting for him. So, on the sixth day of creation, God not only created man and woman, he created something else. He created a relationship; we call it marriage.And in his formulation, It is not good for man to be alone, God iterated a universal principle—a universal truth—that goes far beyond marriage. We know these things, almost intuitively, but sometimes it isn’t easy to express them clearly. Solomon, however, found a way. In the Book of Ecclesiastes, he said this:Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls; for he has not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevails against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 KJ2000Now, this is so obvious, so true—not only in the Bible, but in human experience—that you would think it would transcend all argument. But you would be wrong. Let’s start with one very influential example.]]></googleplay:description>
	<itunes:summary>So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Everyone knows this verse by heart. But there may be something here that lies unnoticed even though it is crucial to the story. Later on in Genesis, </itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Gospel of John #4</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of the four gospel writers, it is John who is the theologian. More than the others, he captures and reports for us those words and deeds of Jesus that tell us who he is and what he is all about.For example, Jesus had made his way down to the pool of Bethesda and found a man who had been lame for some 30 years. He healed him and told him to take up his bed and walk. Now, this was no special problem—except that this was the Sabbath day, and the fellow rolled up the pallet he had lain on and was carrying it. Contemporary Jewish law—as distinct from the Law of Moses—did not permit that.How Jesus responded to those who accused him after this miracle is revealing—of Jesus’ nature, of his mission, and of the ultimate fate of mankind. Let’s take a look at the exchange as recorded in John, chapter 5.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Of the four gospel writers, it is John who is the theologian. More than the others, he captures and reports for us those words and deeds of Jesus that tell us who he is and what he is all about.For example, Jesus had made his way down to the pool of Bethesda and found a man who had been lame for some 30 years. He healed him and told him to take up his bed and walk. Now, this was no special problem—except that this was the Sabbath day, and the fellow rolled up the pallet he had lain on and was carrying it. Contemporary Jewish law—as distinct from the Law of Moses—did not permit that.How Jesus responded to those who accused him after this miracle is revealing—of Jesus’ nature, of his mission, and of the ultimate fate of mankind. Let’s take a look at the exchange as recorded in John, chapter 5.]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Of the four gospel writers, it is John who is the theologian. More than the others, he captures and reports for us those words and deeds of Jesus that tell us who he is and what he is all about.For example, Jesus had made his way down to the pool of Bethesda and found a man who had been lame for some 30 years. He healed him and told him to take up his bed and walk. Now, this was no special problem—except that this was the Sabbath day, and the fellow rolled up the pallet he had lain on and was carrying it. Contemporary Jewish law—as distinct from the Law of Moses—did not permit that.How Jesus responded to those who accused him after this miracle is revealing—of Jesus’ nature, of his mission, and of the ultimate fate of mankind. Let’s take a look at the exchange as recorded in John, chapter 5.]]></googleplay:description>
	<itunes:summary>Of the four gospel writers, it is John who is the theologian. More than the others, he captures and reports for us those words and deeds of Jesus that tell us who he is and what he is all about.For example, Jesus had made his way down to the pool of Bethe</itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Gospel of John #3</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 05:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus of Nazareth was full of surprises. His disciples often had trouble figuring him out, but Jesus had an agenda. Everything he did was for a reason.Take an incident early on in Samaria. Jesus thought it good to leave Judea because things were getting a little hot for him down there. The shortest road north led through Samaria. It was not a road that most Jews took when they went north to Galilee. They crossed the Jordan—a longer and more difficult route—because they just couldn’t stand the Samaritans.Most Christian readers are aware that the Samaritans were despised by the Jews, but not so many know why. Knowing who the Samaritans are and the story of their origins is important to properly understand what happens on Jesus’ journey through Samaria. So, let’s take a look back at 2nd Kings 17.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Jesus of Nazareth was full of surprises. His disciples often had trouble figuring him out, but Jesus had an agenda. Everything he did was for a reason.Take an incident early on in Samaria. Jesus thought it good to leave Judea because things were getting a little hot for him down there. The shortest road north led through Samaria. It was not a road that most Jews took when they went north to Galilee. They crossed the Jordan—a longer and more difficult route—because they just couldn’t stand the Samaritans.Most Christian readers are aware that the Samaritans were despised by the Jews, but not so many know why. Knowing who the Samaritans are and the story of their origins is important to properly understand what happens on Jesus’ journey through Samaria. So, let’s take a look back at 2nd Kings 17.]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Jesus of Nazareth was full of surprises. His disciples often had trouble figuring him out, but Jesus had an agenda. Everything he did was for a reason.Take an incident early on in Samaria. Jesus thought it good to leave Judea because things were getting a little hot for him down there. The shortest road north led through Samaria. It was not a road that most Jews took when they went north to Galilee. They crossed the Jordan—a longer and more difficult route—because they just couldn’t stand the Samaritans.Most Christian readers are aware that the Samaritans were despised by the Jews, but not so many know why. Knowing who the Samaritans are and the story of their origins is important to properly understand what happens on Jesus’ journey through Samaria. So, let’s take a look back at 2nd Kings 17.]]></googleplay:description>
	<itunes:summary>Jesus of Nazareth was full of surprises. His disciples often had trouble figuring him out, but Jesus had an agenda. Everything he did was for a reason.Take an incident early on in Samaria. Jesus thought it good to leave Judea because things were getting a</itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Gospel of John #2</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KCBC - Christian Radio in Northern California]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From here, it’s hard to imagine what those first encounters with the mature Jesus were like—for those who saw him for the first time. I have no reason to imagine that Jesus was in any way remarkable to look at, but I know that he must have been a terribly charismatic person to be around, by any human standard.John the Baptist knew who he was. John the Baptist knew how important he was. He also understood Jesus’ mission, and there’s really only one way he could have known that—he was told. And when Jesus came walking along the bank of Jordan where John was baptizing, John said—for anyone nearby to hear—Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!Christian readers take that for granted. We all know that Jesus is the Lamb of God. But I can’t think of anything John could have said that would be more astonishing to those surrounding him. It assumes the sacrifice of the person of whom he was speaking. John the Baptist recognized the necessity of a suffering messiah—one who would not only suffer, but die. No one seemed to have grasped what John was talking about until much later. Let’s read of the rest of this momentous encounter in John, chapter one.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[From here, it’s hard to imagine what those first encounters with the mature Jesus were like—for those who saw him for the first time. I have no reason to imagine that Jesus was in any way remarkable to look at, but I know that he must have been a terribly charismatic person to be around, by any human standard.John the Baptist knew who he was. John the Baptist knew how important he was. He also understood Jesus’ mission, and there’s really only one way he could have known that—he was told. And when Jesus came walking along the bank of Jordan where John was baptizing, John said—for anyone nearby to hear—Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!Christian readers take that for granted. We all know that Jesus is the Lamb of God. But I can’t think of anything John could have said that would be more astonishing to those surrounding him. It assumes the sacrifice of the person of whom he was speaking. John the Baptist recognized the necessity of a suffering messiah—one who would not only suffer, but die. No one seemed to have grasped what John was talking about until much later. Let’s read of the rest of this momentous encounter in John, chapter one.]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[From here, it’s hard to imagine what those first encounters with the mature Jesus were like—for those who saw him for the first time. I have no reason to imagine that Jesus was in any way remarkable to look at, but I know that he must have been a terribly charismatic person to be around, by any human standard.John the Baptist knew who he was. John the Baptist knew how important he was. He also understood Jesus’ mission, and there’s really only one way he could have known that—he was told. And when Jesus came walking along the bank of Jordan where John was baptizing, John said—for anyone nearby to hear—Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!Christian readers take that for granted. We all know that Jesus is the Lamb of God. But I can’t think of anything John could have said that would be more astonishing to those surrounding him. It assumes the sacrifice of the person of whom he was speaking. John the Baptist recognized the necessity of a suffering messiah—one who would not only suffer, but die. No one seemed to have grasped what John was talking about until much later. Let’s read of the rest of this momentous encounter in John, chapter one.]]></googleplay:description>
	<itunes:summary>From here, it’s hard to imagine what those first encounters with the mature Jesus were like—for those who saw him for the first time. I have no reason to imagine that Jesus was in any way remarkable to look at, but I know that he must have been a terr</itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Days of Elijah</title>
		<link>https://www.770kcbc.com/episode/the-days-of-elijah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you happen to enjoy contemporary praise music, you more than likely have heard These Are The Days of Elijah. (It happens to be one of my favorites. It is very singable and I can really get into it.) But how many of the performers and the singers know what that was all about? What exactly are The Days of Elijah and why are we singing about them?Elijah, for those who don’t know, was the archetype of all prophets. He wasn’t the first, he wasn’t the only, but he was major.The song begins, These are the days of Elijah, declaring the word of the Lord and these are the days of your servant Moses, righteousness being restored, and though these are days of great trial of famine and darkness and sword. Still, we are the voice in the desert, crying, prepare ye the way of the Lord. Now what does all this mean? Why Elijah? Why Moses? It is clear to me that the person who composed this song was driving at something important, but what exactly? Well, the place to start is naturally, the days of Elijah. He may be not only the archetype of all prophets, but also the most blunt.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[If you happen to enjoy contemporary praise music, you more than likely have heard These Are The Days of Elijah. (It happens to be one of my favorites. It is very singable and I can really get into it.) But how many of the performers and the singers know what that was all about? What exactly are The Days of Elijah and why are we singing about them?Elijah, for those who don’t know, was the archetype of all prophets. He wasn’t the first, he wasn’t the only, but he was major.The song begins, These are the days of Elijah, declaring the word of the Lord and these are the days of your servant Moses, righteousness being restored, and though these are days of great trial of famine and darkness and sword. Still, we are the voice in the desert, crying, prepare ye the way of the Lord. Now what does all this mean? Why Elijah? Why Moses? It is clear to me that the person who composed this song was driving at something important, but what exactly? Well, the place to start is naturally, the days of Elijah. He may be not only the archetype of all prophets, but also the most blunt.]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[If you happen to enjoy contemporary praise music, you more than likely have heard These Are The Days of Elijah. (It happens to be one of my favorites. It is very singable and I can really get into it.) But how many of the performers and the singers know what that was all about? What exactly are The Days of Elijah and why are we singing about them?Elijah, for those who don’t know, was the archetype of all prophets. He wasn’t the first, he wasn’t the only, but he was major.The song begins, These are the days of Elijah, declaring the word of the Lord and these are the days of your servant Moses, righteousness being restored, and though these are days of great trial of famine and darkness and sword. Still, we are the voice in the desert, crying, prepare ye the way of the Lord. Now what does all this mean? Why Elijah? Why Moses? It is clear to me that the person who composed this song was driving at something important, but what exactly? Well, the place to start is naturally, the days of Elijah. He may be not only the archetype of all prophets, but also the most blunt.]]></googleplay:description>
	<itunes:summary>If you happen to enjoy contemporary praise music, you more than likely have heard These Are The Days of Elijah. (It happens to be one of my favorites. It is very singable and I can really get into it.) But how many of the performers and the singers know w</itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Gospel of Matthew #40</title>
		<link>https://www.770kcbc.com/episode/the-gospel-of-matthew-40/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[KCBC - Christian Radio in Northern California]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did Jesus die of a broken heart, or was he brutally and violently killed? Now, you have to understand something about us preacher-types. Sometimes we get carried away with our own rhetoric; and so, in the process of giving a sermon and talking about how disappointed God is in us for our sins, and how Jesus’ heart was broken because of the sins of mankind, it is easy to say that Jesus, on the stake, just died of a broken heart because of us and our mistakes. But all that is only rhetoric, because the facts which are written in the pages of your Bible are somewhat different than that. He didn’t die of a broken heart, he was killed—murdered—violently, painfully.Not very long before Jesus actually died, he lifted up his voice and said, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? The crowd standing around thought he was calling for Elijah, but he wasn’t. What he said was, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? At that moment, God left him entirely alone—something (you almost get the impression) that Jesus did not expect.And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.Matthew 27:48–50 AKJVAnd into our language passes the expression giving up the ghost, meaning he died. Perhaps. One of the other gospel accounts mentions that a soldier pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water came out. This suggests that Jesus had passed out, and it was actually the piercing of the spear—allowing his heart to pump the rest of his blood out of his body—which actually took his life. So he was pierced, cut to bleed to death—just like the lambs, at about the same time in the Temple, were being cut and allowed to bleed to death. Let’s look at the rest of this singular event, beginning in Matthew, chapter 27.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Did Jesus die of a broken heart, or was he brutally and violently killed? Now, you have to understand something about us preacher-types. Sometimes we get carried away with our own rhetoric; and so, in the process of giving a sermon and talking about how disappointed God is in us for our sins, and how Jesus’ heart was broken because of the sins of mankind, it is easy to say that Jesus, on the stake, just died of a broken heart because of us and our mistakes. But all that is only rhetoric, because the facts which are written in the pages of your Bible are somewhat different than that. He didn’t die of a broken heart, he was killed—murdered—violently, painfully.Not very long before Jesus actually died, he lifted up his voice and said, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? The crowd standing around thought he was calling for Elijah, but he wasn’t. What he said was, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? At that moment, God left him entirely alone—something (you almost get the impression) that Jesus did not expect.And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.Matthew 27:48–50 AKJVAnd into our language passes the expression giving up the ghost, meaning he died. Perhaps. One of the other gospel accounts mentions that a soldier pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water came out. This suggests that Jesus had passed out, and it was actually the piercing of the spear—allowing his heart to pump the rest of his blood out of his body—which actually took his life. So he was pierced, cut to bleed to death—just like the lambs, at about the same time in the Temple, were being cut and allowed to bleed to death. Let’s look at the rest of this singular event, beginning in Matthew, chapter 27.]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Did Jesus die of a broken heart, or was he brutally and violently killed? Now, you have to understand something about us preacher-types. Sometimes we get carried away with our own rhetoric; and so, in the process of giving a sermon and talking about how disappointed God is in us for our sins, and how Jesus’ heart was broken because of the sins of mankind, it is easy to say that Jesus, on the stake, just died of a broken heart because of us and our mistakes. But all that is only rhetoric, because the facts which are written in the pages of your Bible are somewhat different than that. He didn’t die of a broken heart, he was killed—murdered—violently, painfully.Not very long before Jesus actually died, he lifted up his voice and said, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? The crowd standing around thought he was calling for Elijah, but he wasn’t. What he said was, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? At that moment, God left him entirely alone—something (you almost get the impression) that Jesus did not expect.And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.Matthew 27:48–50 AKJVAnd into our language passes the expression giving up the ghost, meaning he died. Perhaps. One of the other gospel accounts mentions that a soldier pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water came out. This suggests that Jesus had passed out, and it was actually the piercing of the spear—allowing his heart to pump the rest of his blood out of his body—which actually took his life. So he was pierced, cut to bleed to death—just like the lambs, at about the same time in the Temple, were being cut and allowed to bleed to death. Let’s look at the rest of this singular event, beginning in Matthew, chapter 27.]]></googleplay:description>
	<itunes:summary>Did Jesus die of a broken heart, or was he brutally and violently killed? Now, you have to understand something about us preacher-types. Sometimes we get carried away with our own rhetoric; and so, in the process of giving a sermon and talking about how d</itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Gospel of Matthew #39</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know that Jesus had to die for my sins. But why did he have to die the way he did? Why the pain, why the shame? Why the spitting, why the humiliation? Why couldn’t they just have taken him out and killed him quickly. If you’ve gone to church very much, you already understand about the blood of Jesus, and how it was shed for the sins of all mankind. There are probably many hymns in your hymnbook about it. And we all know that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. Okay, but why the suffering? Why not a quick death?It may be that the answer lies in our—what shall we say—our theology of sin: the way we understand sin, the reason for sin, and even what sin is. There’s a common belief, I think, that sin is wrong for no other reason than that God said so. Growing up, when our parents say Do this or Do that, we ask, Why? Because I said so, is often the answer. We’re used to that, and I guess God saying so ought to be enough. But the assumption goes on that if we commit a sin, nothing bad will happen to us unless God found out about it and punished us for it. That’s the way it works at home, doesn’t it? You break one of Dad’s rules, nothing bad happens to you unless Dad finds out (but then…big trouble). So if it were not for God’s punishment, we assume, we would get away with it. And the logical corollary to that assumption is that God could just have easily made the Law another way…or he can do away with it, at will. But the problem with that is, that any law that God could do away with is a law he never needed to give us in the first place, isn’t it? Why, if we don’t need it now, did anybody ever need it?But suppose our theology of sin is the other way around. Suppose that rather than sin being wrong because God said so, that God said so because sin is wrong. What this would suggest is that, in creating the world and placing man in it, there were things that would work and other things that would hurt. In giving the Law, God graciously informed man of what would work well and…]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[I know that Jesus had to die for my sins. But why did he have to die the way he did? Why the pain, why the shame? Why the spitting, why the humiliation? Why couldn’t they just have taken him out and killed him quickly. If you’ve gone to church very much, you already understand about the blood of Jesus, and how it was shed for the sins of all mankind. There are probably many hymns in your hymnbook about it. And we all know that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. Okay, but why the suffering? Why not a quick death?It may be that the answer lies in our—what shall we say—our theology of sin: the way we understand sin, the reason for sin, and even what sin is. There’s a common belief, I think, that sin is wrong for no other reason than that God said so. Growing up, when our parents say Do this or Do that, we ask, Why? Because I said so, is often the answer. We’re used to that, and I guess God saying so ought to be enough. But the assumption goes on that if we commit a sin, nothing bad will happen to us unless God found out about it and punished us for it. That’s the way it works at home, doesn’t it? You break one of Dad’s rules, nothing bad happens to you unless Dad finds out (but then…big trouble). So if it were not for God’s punishment, we assume, we would get away with it. And the logical corollary to that assumption is that God could just have easily made the Law another way…or he can do away with it, at will. But the problem with that is, that any law that God could do away with is a law he never needed to give us in the first place, isn’t it? Why, if we don’t need it now, did anybody ever need it?But suppose our theology of sin is the other way around. Suppose that rather than sin being wrong because God said so, that God said so because sin is wrong. What this would suggest is that, in creating the world and placing man in it, there were things that would work and other things that would hurt. In giving the Law, God graciously informed man of what would work well and…]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[I know that Jesus had to die for my sins. But why did he have to die the way he did? Why the pain, why the shame? Why the spitting, why the humiliation? Why couldn’t they just have taken him out and killed him quickly. If you’ve gone to church very much, you already understand about the blood of Jesus, and how it was shed for the sins of all mankind. There are probably many hymns in your hymnbook about it. And we all know that without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins. Okay, but why the suffering? Why not a quick death?It may be that the answer lies in our—what shall we say—our theology of sin: the way we understand sin, the reason for sin, and even what sin is. There’s a common belief, I think, that sin is wrong for no other reason than that God said so. Growing up, when our parents say Do this or Do that, we ask, Why? Because I said so, is often the answer. We’re used to that, and I guess God saying so ought to be enough. But the assumption goes on that if we commit a sin, nothing bad will happen to us unless God found out about it and punished us for it. That’s the way it works at home, doesn’t it? You break one of Dad’s rules, nothing bad happens to you unless Dad finds out (but then…big trouble). So if it were not for God’s punishment, we assume, we would get away with it. And the logical corollary to that assumption is that God could just have easily made the Law another way…or he can do away with it, at will. But the problem with that is, that any law that God could do away with is a law he never needed to give us in the first place, isn’t it? Why, if we don’t need it now, did anybody ever need it?But suppose our theology of sin is the other way around. Suppose that rather than sin being wrong because God said so, that God said so because sin is wrong. What this would suggest is that, in creating the world and placing man in it, there were things that would work and other things that would hurt. In giving the Law, God graciously informed man of what would work well and…]]></googleplay:description>
	<itunes:summary>I know that Jesus had to die for my sins. But why did he have to die the way he did? Why the pain, why the shame? Why the spitting, why the humiliation? Why couldn’t they just have taken him out and killed him quickly. If you’ve gone to church very mu</itunes:summary>
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