This week BibleWorm reads Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus’s well-known instruction not to worry about tomorrow. We talk about anxiety and the difficulty of living in the present moment, entrusting the future into the hands of a loving God. But once we observe that the passage begins with the word “Therefore,” connecting it to the previous verse, things take a turn. “You cannot serve both God and money,” says Jesus, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow.” As it turns out, this passage is about economic anxiety and the fundamental importance of trusting that God will provide enough for tomorrow so that we can tend to the needs of our community today. We talk about spiritual practices that can quell our anxiety and help us trust in God’s capacity to provide. And we discuss the urgency of forming communities of radical trust, in which we place the needs of the widow, the orphan, and the stranger ahead of our own desires for economic security.
Episode 549 FORGOTTEN BOOKS For Everything There Is a Time (Ecclesiastes 1:4-11 and 3:1-11) REPLAY
Episode 548 FORGOTTEN BOOKS Everything is Mere Breath (Ecclesiastes 1:1-3 and 8:16-9:10) REPLAY
Episode 547 CREATION CARE Re-Creating the World (Ezekiel 47:1-12)
Episode 546 CREATION CARE Covenant and Creation (Leviticus 26:3-32, 34-35, 40-45)
Episode 545 CREATION CARE Bless the Lord, O My Soul (Psalm 104)
Episode 544 CREATION CARE God's Stream Full of Water (Psalm 65)
Episode 543 CREATION CARE From the Whirlwind (Job 38:1-38)
Episode 542 CREATION CARE In the Beginning (Genesis 1:1-2:4a)
Episode 541 The Gifts of the Spirit (Acts 2:1-4 & 1 Corinthians 12:1-13)
Episode 540 The Resurrection of the Body (1 Corinthians 15:1-26 & 41-47)
Episode 539 The Greatest of These Is Love (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
Episode 538 Unity in the Cross (Acts 18:1-14 & 1 Corinthians 1:10-18)
Episode 537 The Church in Thessalonica (Acts 17:1-9 and 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10)
Episode 536 The Disciples' First Miracle (Acts 3:1-10)
Episode 535 Waiting for the Spirit (Acts 1:1-14)
Episode 534 Easter without Jesus (Mark 16:1-8)
Episode 533 SPECIAL EPISODE Good Friday (Mark 15:16-41) REPLAY
Episode 532 SPECIAL EPISODE The Last Supper (Mark 14:12-42)
Episode 531 The Triumphal Entry and the Anointing at Bethany (Mark 11:1-11 and 14:3-9)
Episode 530 The Markan Apocalypse (Mark 13:1-8, 24-38)
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