May God in His mercy and grace keep us humble as we seek His truth not for our glorification , but for His glory. Help us understand Lord. Open up the scriptures to us so our hearts burn within us.

Thank you so much for these videos. I cannot put a price on the value they’ve had in my spiritual growth and deeper understanding of the most important written words in existence… God’s Word!

Thanks for the Summary! That helps tie it all together!

Chad … Most excellent video and discussion. You have given me much to consider!!! Thank you, my brother!!! Take care, be safe, all my best and God bless!!! Chuck Knight from Buffalo, Texas. 🤠👨‍🌾✝️🙏🖖👍👋

Thank you so much, Chad! Wishing you many blessings! Greetings from Brazil!

I look forward every week to listen to you explain, enlighten and give deep spiritual inspiration. Koine Greek language is certainly the language of revelation and you speak it superbly. God Bless you and protect you. 🙏🙏🌻🌻🌼🌼

Great exegesis, especially with the usage of OT texts as well as non-canonical texts, such as the pseudepigrapha. Charlesworth was my advisor at Princeton and I remember him specifically making reference of T. Gad 6 in light of Luke 17. Keep up the great work. You are one of the weekly voices I consult in my sermon prep. Solid work. I greatly appreciate your OT cross referencing and establishing the precedence that helps provide more meaning, context and the proper framework to understand the text in question. FYI, I'm Anglican. Blessings.

Thank you so much

Once again, dear brother Chad, thank you so much. Here are some comments: (12:25) "There is a beautiful parallel in this with the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs". This referral is but one of the many gifts I get from your discourses. (13:38) "What Jesus says is also being echoed in some of the popular Jewish literature of the day". I had no idea of this literary context, I have had a binary of old testament vs. new testament, so you've opened my eyes to a 2BC transition of love theology. The teenage Jesus perhaps had been exposed to this popular literature. (14:47) "Faith is not quantitative"... (16:49) "faith is faith" and [paraphrasing you] we either "connect" to God through Jesus or we don't because Jesus said a "mustard seed" of faith empowers us to do great things such as the "hyperbole" of commanding a tree to root in the sea. This is a very difficult concept because "more faith", "more love", "more belief" appears synonymous with a process of "deepening" of faith or love. For example, you have explained elsewhere your view that faith achieved by witnessing miracles "has a short shelf life", which you said is apparent with even a basic understanding of scripture. There is a paradox is the idea that faith does not exist in degrees of strength or depth, yet it can wear off, be dislodged or snatched away by "scandalizing". I think it is a priori that those with "deeper faith" have greater defenses to losing it. I think it is apparent that faith is indeed quantitative. (24:15) "And don't worry about how much faith you have, God will use your faith to do what he wishes". That faith has utility to God is a new concept to me (I am new to Christianity). It seems compelling and obvious upon hearing it. At ascension, Jesus commanded his disciples to, so to speak, take their faith and multiply it on a planetary scale, so convert by convert is a process of using our faith to spread faith. But that begs the question of what utility all that "faith" has to God. Is the faith itself a valuable substance or is its value in its utility, egs. to prevent hatred, promote forgiveness? Indeed, what intrinsic value does any of those by-products have beyond their utility? The only actual utility I can perceive (and I will keep trying) is to save the human race and the planet from self-destruction by mankind. It that what God wants from our faith, to preserve his creation? If so, the quantity of faith within our species will be not just "a" determinate of saving his creation, it will be "the" determinate.

Wonderfully explained. In Repentance the word Shuvah comes to mind, especially in this season. In returning to Him we pick up on the idea of making "amends" making good on that which is broken. The story of the prodigal son. The greatness of the father's bountiful heart Love in contrast to the brothers heart. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE YOU.

As always you help my spirit strengthen! I have noticed you mention listening to the Psalms as you run (walk?) and recently you walked and listened to Job for two hours. Where do you find the readings to listen to? Listening might strengthen my spirit as the walking strengthens my body. Prayers and peace to us and our families! I noticed the absence of peace tonight as I listened to the end of your discourse!

Really enjoying these! What would be an example of a person in your opinion of someone who scandalises please. Is it more than gossip?