Disappointingly Normal
A weekly invitation to be disappointingly normal as we strengthen our relationship with Jesus beyond Sundays through humor, stories, theology, and reflection. A podcast by Hope Community Church - North Lakes.
Disappointingly Normal
Latest Episodes
Jesus, Righteousness, and Women in Mark's Gospel
Fall colors, jars of perfume, and a beautiful act of devotion highlight this episode. A woman pours out something expensive and gets called wasteful for it. Jesus defends her and says what she did will be told wherever the gospel goes. This wee...
Making Sense of Mark 13
In 1988, a retired NASA engineer sold three million copies of a book explaining exactly when the Rapture would happen. When the date passed, he recalculated. This week we start there and get to what Mark 13 actually asks of us — hold fast to Je...
Jesus First | Why We're Divided & What Jesus Does
Why do people land in such different places culturally and politically? This week we get into Jonathan Haidt's work on intuitive reasoning — the elephant and the rider — and the six moral foundations that shape how we actually make moral judgme...
Jesus First | Theological Triage
How do we disagree well? What should we cling most tightly to when it comes to theological or cultural issues? What is close-handed and what is open-handed when it comes to the bible and how should we think about it? This episode is all about t...