The Way of the Kingdom of Heaven: Let Your Yes Be Yes
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Welcome to the table! What does the way we speak reveal about the condition of our hearts? In this episode Kimberly and I explore Jesus’ teaching on oaths and promises in Matthew 5:33–37. Jesus calls His followers to a radically simple way of speaking: “Let your yes be yes and your no be no.” We unpack our tendency to exaggerate, make promises, create loopholes, and use carefully chosen words to avoid telling the whole truth. They look at how the Pharisees developed elaborate ways to make oaths while leaving themselves an escape route—and how easily we can fall into our...
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Compassionate Words for the Women
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Welcome to the table! Jesus doesn't shy away from hard conversations. Neither do we! In this episode of Flipping Tables, Kimberly Daniels and I sit at the table to wrestle with Jesus' teaching on adultery and divorce in the Sermon on the Mount. These passages can bring up pain, shame, confusion, and even disagreement—but Jesus' words are never detached from His compassion. As He confronts the religious leaders' narrow definitions of sin, He points again and again to the heart. We explore what it means to honor the dignity of every person as an image bearer of God, resist lust and...
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Killer Words
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Welcome to the table! Every week I’m being humbled by the Sermon on The Mount. In episode 17 of our series on Matthew, we’re talking about our words. We can be so careless with our words. By Jesus’ standard we can be careless enough to commit murder with them. In this episode Twila and I use Matthew 5:21-26 to examine our words. In the Sermon Jesus continues to raise the standard and step on our toes. Subscribe to for study reflections on the Sermon on the Mount. Visit for free resources and to learn more about us. Keep following the Table Flipper, and leave the table...
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Heart Reconciled
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Welcome to the table! I had the pleasure of hosting my friend and leadership coach, Dr. Conrad Davies, at the table. Spending time with Dr. Davies is always a bright spot for me. He has a humble and gentle way of making one feel so valued and comfortable that you’re able to tear down barriers and speak freely. It’s the way I believe people who knew Jesus when He was in a human body felt when they talked to Him. What a gift to talk to another believer who makes you feel like you’re spending time with Jesus. I hope this conversation brightens your day! About: Dr. Conrad Davies is an...
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The Way of Righteousness
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Welcome to the table! We're discussing Matthew 5:17-20 in this episode. “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.” With this verse Jesus begins to get to the heart of the questions on everyone’s minds. From the start of His ministry and the first Kingdom of Heaven announcement, Jesus has been creating a stir in Galilee. The disciples have questions. The crowds have questions. The religious leaders have questions. Everyone has some expectations and the people are making some assumptions about Jesus so when He...
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Being Salty and Being Light
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Welcome to the table! I’m joined once again by Dr. Kim Stolzfus for another great conversation. Kim’s one of my favorite people to talk to about matters of faith, especially conversation about being a Christian witness. She continues to amaze me with her humble, gentle obedience to live as salt and light wherever God places her. Kim shares candidly about some of her experiences being salt and light in the world of academia. We both reflect on the times when we got it right and other times when we failed. Both our successes and our failures have contributed to our spiritual...
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The Beatitudes & the Upside-Down Kingdom
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Welcome to the table! In this episode of our series on Matthew: The Way of the Kingdom of Heaven. Julie and Kimberly continue their journey through the Sermon on the Mount, settling into the opening words of Jesus in the Beatitudes. Together, they reflect on how these familiar verses reveal the heart of the kingdom of heaven—an upside-down kingdom built on grace, humility, mercy, and transformation. The conversation explores how the Beatitudes are not separate categories of believers, but a complete portrait of kingdom character that Jesus forms in all His followers. Julie and Kimberly...
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16 Minute Sermon
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Welcome to the table! In this episode we’re beginning to go through the Sermon on the Mount. This is Jesus’ “kingdom manifesto.” This is the way of the Kingdom of Heaven. Kimberly, my co-host, and I read through the entire sermon, Matthew 5–7, honestly wrestling with the tension, we feel over parts of it. These three chapters contain some of Jesus’ most familiar words and arguably some of His most misunderstood words. We pause in between each chapter to talk about some parts that are hard to understand and hard to obey. The Sermon can be read in as little as 16...
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Jesus is Jesusing
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Season 4, Episode 11 — Matthew: The Way of the Kingdom of Heaven Text: Matthew 4:18-25 Welcome to the table! In this episode we discuss Jesus calling four fishermen to become His disciples. I give some background on the relationship between a rabbi and his disciples in the first century. Kimberly and I reflect on being disciples of Jesus in the twenty-first century. We discuss what’s hard about it and what we misunderstood or didn’t understand about what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. “A Rabbi's work was to instruct the crowds, but his greatest goal was to raise up disciples who...
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Unexpected Direction Galilee of the Gentiles
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Season 4, Episode 10 — Matthew: The Way of the Kingdom of Heaven Text: Matthew 4:12–17 In this episode, Kimberly and I finally arrive at the moment when Jesus begins his public ministry. As we step into Matthew 4, we talk about Jesus leaving Nazareth for Capernaum and why Galilee—called Galilee of the Gentiles—matters so much to the story of the kingdom of heaven. We reflect on Jesus’ rejection in his hometown, the way he flips expectations, and how the kingdom challenges our small worldviews. This conversation invites us to wrestle with nuance, loosen our grip on control, and...
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Every week I’m being humbled by the Sermon on The Mount. In episode 17 of our series on Matthew, we’re talking about our words. We can be so careless with our words. By Jesus’ standard we can be careless enough to commit murder with them. In this episode Twila and I use Matthew 5:21-26 to examine our words. In the Sermon Jesus continues to raise the standard and step on our toes.
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