Strange fire, 'my Jesus wouldn't do that,' and the secret Santa socks
A host pushes back on a customized Jesus who 'wouldn't do that,' arguing worship must follow how God said to be worshiped. Nadab and Abihu's strange fire is discussed (initially misattributed as Moses' sons, corrected to Aaron's sons), with a digression into the Tower of Babel as unasked-for worship. The ark-in-the-temple-of-Dagon story gets comedic treatment. A host tells a self-deprecating seventh-grade secret Santa story about buying the wrong Adidas socks instead of the requested Nike pair.
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Dawson's question: what to watch for in a new church
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