S3E28: Keeping Your Word When It's Hard (Matthew 5:31-37)
About this episode
Ashley discusses the importance of keeping promises and the underlying issues in oath-swearing and divorce as presented in Matthew 5:31-37.
Click to Comment! "On my way!" — and you were still standing in the bathroom deciding on a shirt. We've all done it. Somewhere along the way, "I promise" stopped meaning much of anything, and we started needing bigger words just to be believed. This week we're in Matthew 5:31-37, where Jesus deals with two things that sound unrelated at first — divorce and oath-swearing — and shows us the same problem underneath both: people following the rules on paper while missing the point completely. Th...
People in this episode
Host: Ashley
Topics covered
- oath-swearing
- divorce
- keeping promises
- faith
- moral integrity
Keywords
- promises
- oaths
- divorce
- Matthew
- faithfulness
- integrity
- Christian teachings
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Matthew 5:31-37
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