Welcome to Season 3 of Love & Context. This season,
we're exploring the life of Jesus step -by -step
and uncovering what His story teaches us about
loving God and others. Here on Love & Context,
we're all about having real conversations about
how to live out that love in practical, everyday
ways, and understanding the Bible in its full
context. We're so glad you're here. Let's dive
into Season 3 of Love & Context. Welcome back
to the Love and Context podcast. After... Three
weeks? Yeah, it's been a while. It's been a little
bit because you had a thing and then I moved
houses. Actually, we moved stuff from houses.
We actually physically took Ben's house and lifted
it up and moved it to a new lot. But before we
could put it on a new lot, we had to take the
existing house and move it to the previous lot.
So we actually had a house sitting in the middle
of the road for about two weeks. The cops weren't
happy. I'm just joking. There's probably somebody
who's like, no way, Spencer. I didn't even know
you could do that. I mean, you can. shouldn't
because i mean it is a cement foundation usually
or something like that but we're back and we're
spryer sure than ever i don't know about you
man it's been a long week it's been a long week
it's been a long week uh spencer works in education
and that's all you need to know to know that
right now is not great We are Life of Jesus,
and we had just gotten done where Jesus laid
the smackdown on the religious leaders for a
while. And he says, hey, by the way, y 'all have
judgment coming because you're supposed to be
doing some things and you're not. Yeah. And so
then he gave them the woes. Then when they were
in the garden, he says, guys, will you pray with
me? And then they keep falling asleep. And then
he's like, who are you looking for? And Peter
chops off a guy's ear. Yeah. So that's where
we are. Now they're going and it's going to be
the trial of Jesus. And we're going to talk about
three different things. The first thing we're
going to do is actually just walk through what
happens in the trials of Jesus because there's
three different places he ends up going. And
then we're going to come back and talk about.
really that it's not actually so much that Jesus
is on trial. It's very clear that he's actually
putting them on trial and then choosing to step
in for them. Right. So I have some notes here,
so I kind of just walk through this. So the first
thing that happens is they arrest him, and there's
an initial hearing at night. So Jesus is arrested
at Gethsemane. That's what we talked about in
the last episode. He is first taken to Annas,
and that's referenced in John 18, 12 through
24. He's the former high priest. He's an influential
person. So think of it like a private court,
maybe. Then he is taken to Caiaphas, who is the
current high priest, and the council. That's
talked about in Matthew 26 and Mark 14. Then
the next day, he's taken to a trial before the
Jewish leaders called the Sanhedrin. They seek
to justify their condemnation of him. They bring
false witnesses who don't agree. That's actually
referenced in Mark 14. And then the high priest
presses Jesus directly, are you the Christ, the
Son of God, Son of the Blessed, Mark 14, 61.
Jesus then answers him, and he says, yep. Actually,
what he says is, I am, and you will see the Son
of Man at the right hand of power. Right? Not
surprisingly, he goes, blasphemy! Right? This
is going to be their charge. And according to
Jewish law, this blasphemy charge is serviceable
by death in their judgment. And then they go
and they start abusing and mocking him, spitting
at him, all those type of things going on in
Mark 14, 65. Okay. So this is what's happened
up to this point. I'm just going to go ahead
and do the full narrative. We're going to come
back to this in a minute because there's so many
things I want to talk about in here. Then the
morning council hands off to Rome. Their formal
morning decision is in Luke 22, and they move
into official action. They bring Jesus to Pilate
because Rome is actually the one who controls
execution. You can declare somebody to be put
to death, but they don't actually get to put
people to death. By the way, which is interesting
with the woman caught in adultery because he
wants him to throw a stone, right? So then there
is this trial before Pilate, who is the Roman
governor. And then when they bring him to him,
now remember, what was the charge? Blasphemy.
And then they come to him and they say, well,
he's perverting the nation, forbidding tribute.
He is claiming to be a king, right? This is in
Luke 23, 2. Funny how the charge suddenly changed,
right? So Pilate then interrogates him, and in
all four Gospels, he asks him this question,
are you the king of the Jews? I just think that's
interesting. All four Gospels remember that.
And Pilate repeatedly signals, he's like, I don't
see anything that's guilty, right? It says it
in Luke, it says it in John. So he sends him
to Herod Antipas, right? Because Jesus is a Galilean,
he's like, well, maybe Herod will deal with this,
and I don't have to do anything. So Herod is
like, yes, you come here. I've heard about all
the signs and wonders you do. Jesus put on a
magic show. And Jesus is largely just doesn't
say anything. And Herod is very disappointed
because he's like, ah, Criss Angel was coming
and I didn't get to see it. Right. Then Herod
mocks, dresses him up and sends him back. This
is the whole dress as a king of the Jews thing.
Right. Because Herod wanted to show Jesus didn't
give it to him. So he mocks him. Yeah. Then he
comes back to Pilate. Pilate tries to release
Jesus, which is there's a custom political pressure,
but the crowd says we want Barabbas instead,
who, by the way, is a domestic terrorist for
them. Jesus is condemned. Pilate caves to the
pressure, and the outcome then is that Jesus
is delivered to crucifixion. Yeah. Okay. So that's
the process of what's happening here. There's
a lot to unpack in there, but this is essentially
the trial. So I want to take a look at a few
things going on here. When we were talking about
this and getting ready for it, we kind of talked
about how, yes, Jesus is on trial, but it's very
clear that Jesus is in control of the entire
situation, which is very important because people
are like, oh, he was beaten and crucified. Yeah,
because he chose to be. At any point, he could
have called in angels, and it wouldn't have been
a problem. And if you're like, he could have
called in angels, it's like, yes, he actually
says that. Yeah. Is that Luke's account? It's
when he's talking to Peter because Peter's like,
he's like. Dude, we don't need the swords. Yeah.
Right? Yeah. Do you not think that right now
the father wouldn't send somebody to protect
me if I asked him? Yeah. But per his conversation,
that's not what you want to do. Yeah. Yeah. I
can't remember exactly what account it's in right
now, but he's like, dude, if I don't want to
do this, I don't have to do this. Yeah. Right?
So first thing that happens, let's talk about
the Sanhedrin on trial because we'll talk about
them. bringing him at night in a minute because
they broke a lot of legal code, their own Jewish
legal code, to do those things, to try him. But
just talking about him putting them on trial,
the Sanhedrin and the religious leaders, they
were really frustrated with Jesus in general.
Yeah. Because they feared losing control of the
people. They feared theological authority. Like,
in other words, people are going to be listening
to Jesus and not them. This fragile peace with
Rome, it's referenced a couple of times. They're
like, is he going to upset the apple cart and
get Rome mad at us? But more specifically, they're
trying to protect the institution and their context,
even if it means injustice. And it's very clear
when Jesus comes and confronts them that he's
dealing with exactly that. Because if you remember
the last four episodes, he's been talking about
that. He's been talking about, he's like, you
were supposed to be in charge. You were supposed
to be. They sit in Moses' seat. So listen to
them and do what they say, but do not do what
they do because they are not great. Yeah. So
then Jesus, but he refuses in this conversation,
he refuses to really play their narrative. And
his confession ultimately forces a choice. Is
he who he says he is? If he is, you have to accept
it. And if he's not, you have to double down
on your duplicity. Right? The irony is they claim
to defend God's honor while violating God's justice.
Ouch. Yeah. And the other thing is you have to
realize how weak their case is, right? It actually,
scripture will tell you that they actually brought
in people to give false testimony against him.
Yeah. And so this is, they know what they want
to do and they are trying to figure out how to
get that. Prior to false testimony, it says they
gathered together to see if they could find evidence
to kill him. Like, you're not supposed to bring
a case with the express purpose of trying to
kill somebody, right? right and so but they couldn't
so they're like okay now we're gonna bring false
testimony and we're gonna bring false witness
and so that way we have a case even though it's
not a true one even though it's not real even
though we are breaking so many of our legal codes
and structures that we have set up right yeah
right we are going to make sure this man dies
yeah The ironic thing is this behavior is not
super abnormal even inside the church. No. There
are times that people, tongue in cheek, I'm going
to say this, sacrifice one person for the good
of the organization. Right? Which, by the way,
is not biblical. Yeah, it's not biblical. Unless
you're the person who chooses to sacrifice yourself
on behalf of other people. Yes. That is absolutely
biblical. But we scapegoat people or we say,
well, this person is the problem. And all the
chaos that's in this organization is because
of this one person. I have been in a lot of organizations
and a lot of relationships with a lot of different
people. If there is chaos, it is rarely caused
by one person. Yeah. There's a communal aspect
to it. And rather than dealing with the actual
problems, frequently people will just be like,
hey, we want to push past this. And it's just
very common in religious, you know, to try to
protect what we think we should be protecting
while at the same time we're actually sacrificing
what we should be protecting. Well, I would say
that's common outside of religious practice too,
right? Yeah. Right, because you actually see
that in Pilate. Yeah. Right, because Pilate...
um in case you don't know the history of pilot
pilots on pretty thin ice with the Roman government
right now like he's um and I'm not going to go
into great detail on that because we could spend
the rest of the episode talking about how pilots
you know where how he got to where he is right
now uh you can you are capable of typing on your
keyboard and doing a little bit of research to
figure that out yeah okay but he's on thin ice
with the Roman government so he has to tread
lightly Yeah. There's just been reoccurring problems
in that region because Jewish people do not like
being ruled over. Yeah. Right. Well, to be fair,
most people don't, but they are difficult. Yeah.
A stubborn and stiff necked people is how they
describe themselves. Yeah. Yeah. So when they
bring Jesus to Pilate, it's actually really one
of the really interesting things about this.
And I'm jumping ahead a little bit is that Pilate's
wife actually has a vision and is like, don't.
Don't do this. And so Pilate is, as you're reading
the text, he's treading very lightly. Well, and
it talks about in John, he sees him as this could
be potentially a revolutionary problem. If I
don't handle this right, people might rise up
and I might have another issue where I got to
call in the army. And he doesn't want to do that.
Yeah. So just know Pilate is the one that's handling
it, but he's also like... So there's this tension
of, okay, I don't want rebellion, but also, like,
I don't want to mess up again because that's
not going to be good for me. Right. Well, and
so the Sanhedrin, Jesus brings truth, but they
don't want to acknowledge who he is. Pilate,
he sees truth, but he values stability, career,
crowd management more than truth, right? In fact,
I would say he kind of embodies the idea of,
like, hey, I find no guilt, but I'm going to
punish you anyways. right um the question pilot
answers with his actions is what is truth worth
when it costs you political capital apparently
a man's life right um it's all well and good
when he says man i'm going to wash my hands of
this and the blood is going to be on you and
the jews accept that uh the crowd accepts and
they say yeah when the blood be on us and our
ancestors Pilate's still ultimately the guy responsible,
right? Well, and Pilate does everything he can
to get Jesus out of this. Including sending him
to Herod, which is the part we talked about.
Yep. Sending him to Herod. Then he comes back
to Pilate. And then Pilate's like, I don't find
any guilt in this man to kill him anyways. And
he's like, well, how about this? Would you rather
have Barabbas? Or would you rather have Jesus?
By the way, Jesus has healed people. He's fed
people. He's done no violence or anything like
that. Barabbas has led riots. He's killed people.
Gotten people killed. Yeah, gotten people killed.
Like two polar opposites, right? And I can just
imagine Pilate being like, okay, if I present
these two options, clearly they're going to pick
Jesus, right? And they're like, nah, nah. They're
like, no, we'll take Barabbas. We'll take Barabbas.
Yeah. It's, well, and I want to, we talked about
how he's trying to do everything. So I want to
talk about Herod really quick because Pilate's
not willing to engage truth because it's going
to cause some political capital. Herod wants
to be entertained. You kind of get the idea throughout
the gospel, but Herod, he wants to see the stuff.
And he wants Jesus, but he wants truth, but he
wants it on his own terms and for his entertainment.
I feel like I might be talking about some things
that kind of go on today in our spheres, right?
But Jesus is not a person. He's not a vending
machine. He's not performing on demand. God is
not a vending machine, right? And his silence
exposes, inherits emptiness. There's no justice.
There's no pursuit of truth. It's only amusement
and contempt. Guys, I'm just going to say that
if your church is only full of amusement and
contempt, you're following somebody and ain't
Jesus. Yeah. Right. It's like following Jesus
is going to make you look like Jesus, which means
that you'll speak truth in love with connection
for the purpose of building somebody up to be
a better person. Right. And it's going to be
a piece of love and joy and peace and, and bringing
the kingdom of God to earth. If you're only there
to be amused and you, and you, and complain,
I think you might be serving at the church of
Herod. Right. That's an overstatement. I had
a conversation with some young people. This was
10 years ago now. Hey, 10 years ago, you were
a young person. Yeah, yeah. Ish, yeah. But they
were talking. I was like, what are you looking
for in a church? And they were all talking like,
we want nice lights. We want good atmosphere,
good music. comfy chairs and they like listed
all these things. And so then I got done listing
it and I, and I just asked the simple question.
I was like, okay, like what about a church that
loves Jesus and loves the broken? And they're
like, Oh yeah. Yeah. That'd be good too. Yeah.
And I was like, just so you know, that should
be the first thing you're looking for. Yeah.
Right. Or at least in your first, like shaping.
Yeah. Yeah. Like you should be looking for that.
And if the church, happens to have good lights
good music yeah you know comfy chairs alongside
that great you might quote Jesus and says you
should have done uh the ladder without neglecting
the former right right it's okay to have nice
lights and have good music and have uh you know
engaging preaching i mean we just updated our
sound system like a year ago right yeah and and
and it's good but if it comes at the behest of
of loving a broken world of actually being the
people who stand in the crossroads of the world
and put on a different story yeah man you know
um so we we kind of danced around it a little
bit in the sanhedrin conversation but uh they
kind of break their own rules um so there's a
The Gospels clearly portray a rushed, irregular,
unjust process, right? So I'm going to give a
couple of categories here because I want to talk
about things that are explicitly shown in the
Gospels, some things that are heavily implied,
and some things to think about. And it's based
on what we actually have for information. One
of the first things is, we talked about this,
is they had a predetermined outcome, okay? Mark
14, 55 says they are seeking testimony to put
him to death. This is a predetermined outcome.
That is not how the Torah, you guys sat with
us through Torah. That is not how the Torah is
made out to be. Not for a predetermined outcome.
It's meant to correct people and bring them back
to the path. Yeah. Right. You talked about this
false and inconsistent testimony. Like they have
the trial, they bring the people in and they're
like, they're like, dude, you guys, did you even
check your stories? Right. What is it? Deuteronomy
where it talks about three witnesses? Yes. I
believe it's in Deuteronomy. Yeah. If it's not,
write to us and we will correct that. Yeah. The
high priest, we talked about this, has pressure
tactics. He has leading questions, right? Leading
him to a question that he's going to answer in
a way that's going to be kind of a gotcha moment.
Yeah. Right? That's problematic. Mark 14, 61,
where he's like, well, are you this specific
thing that I can claim blasphemy for? Right?
And Jesus is like, yeah. Yeah. Yeah, that's me.
And you know what's definitely not part of that
process also? Violence and mocking the person
who's being paraded out of there, right? Like
that's definitely not part of the process. I've
read a lot of Torah. You know where it's not?
In there. And then I did point this one out is
that they actually change the accusation when
they get the pilot. So it was blasphemy, theological
claim. But when they get to Rome, it's like,
oh, he's a political insurrectionist claiming
to be a king. There's a shift in language, right?
Yeah. Okay, we're speaking on Jewish terms, Jewish
terminology. Then we get to Rome, and Rome has
a totally different political structure. Yeah.
Right? So they're like, okay, we need to try
to speak into that political structure. So Pilate
actually takes us on. Yeah. Right. He claims
to be king and an insurrectionist. Right. And
as soon as like if they know in the history of
Pilate being like he wants to cause insurrection,
Pilate would at that point have no choice but
to take it on. Right. So the next ones are procedural
irregularities that are often noted by scholars,
though they come to arrest him at night. He actually
says to them, he's like, you knew where I was
during the day. Why are you here right now? Jesus
is actually quoting the process back to them.
Correct, yeah. It's like, you know what? You
guys don't know where I am during the day. Why
would you come at night? Especially night of
the Sabbath, right? Like, what are you doing
here? Like, we just had our meal. What are you
doing? And armed, right? And armed, yeah. And
it's not Romans that come to get him. It's the
people from the Jewish council. Not to mention,
they do it quickly. We talked about death, burial,
resurrection of Jesus taking place. He's crucified
and then rises three days later. This process
is he's arrested at night and the next day he's
put to death. Later Jewish legal tradition emphasizes
caution in capital cases. They have to have multiple
witnesses and there needs to be careful deliberation.
You and I are going to talk about this Sunday
because we're going to be preaching on Leviticus.
But very frequently in Leviticus, they talk about
taking somebody out and stoning them. They talk
about putting them to death. But this is also
ancient Kodal language. And it means that there
are firm boundaries on these types of rules.
But if you actually read in Jewish historic documents,
they would say that it's very rare that they
would actually put somebody to death. But it
is a very firm thing, and they might be exiled,
they might be kicked out of the family, some
things like that, but it's very rare that they
would actually put somebody to death. But that's
how ancient codes are written. So they arrest
and kill within one day. Very, very irregular.
This is very, very strange. And then a number
of scholars, N .T. Wright specifically, note
that when the high priest tears his cloak because
of the blasphemy, it's kind of a piece of dramatic
flair. Right. It's just very, very, very, very
dramatic. At minimum, the Gospels emphasize a
collapse of integrity in the court that claims
to represent God. And I think even like just
a cursory reading, listeners, if you're just
reading that, you probably know. Right. You're
reading that. You're like, this all seems kind
of sketchy. I mean, I know that we have our legal
system of America, but you're like arrested and
then killed the next day. Come on. Yeah. Yeah.
uh again if you're like well how exactly should
trials work we went over that a little bit you
can type on your keyboard and like look that
up from a jewish context back in the day but
it was supposed to be a deliberate process and
putting someone to death actually wasn't the
go -to move in most cases Blasphemy technically
was, right? But they actually, in Torah, there's
a call to set up sanctuary cities, right? People
to flee, yep. For people to flee and have safe
harbor. There's a call for restitution every
seven years. Like if you're paying off a debt,
every seven years that debt is gone and you have
a fresh start, right? There's all these calls
that value the person. Well, and even the other
laws are meant to always bring people back to
God. It's all about restorative. And we read
them now, and we're like, oh, man, they are harsh.
They are meant to be cutting people off. Like,
you better obey or else. No, they're actually
directly opposed to that. They're like, God wants
you back. These are firm guidelines, but we need
you back. And if you're like... Torah is merciful?
I was like, yes, it is because God's merciful.
And you also can tell that it's merciful if you
just go read the legal proceedings of the Amalekites.
Or the Egyptians, the Code of Hammurabi, right?
You go start reading some of those things and
you're like, oh, this is what the Bible is pushing
against. Yeah, it's very dramatically different.
Yeah. So with that said, you have kind of the
Sadducees and everyone in play here, they're
kind of slipping into this like, okay. We want
this person dead. What do we have to do, even
if it's corrupt, to make it happen? Right. The
system that's supposed to be about justice is
anything but. So John specifically, when he's
writing about this, really talks about how Jesus
is controlling the situation. John 18 kind of
references this going on. He answers in a way
that reveals heart. And when he's with the Sanhedrin,
he's like, do you actually want truth? Right?
Or do you want a verdict? Pilate, do you actually
want truth or do you want safety? Herod, do you
want God or do you want entertainment? Yeah.
Right? And they stand. They stand with a real
judgment. Because when you get done with each
of these groups, there's really a judgment. It's
like the Sanhedrin is religion without justice.
Right? Pilate is power without courage. Here
it is, curiosity without repentance, right? Without
actually wanting to be a part of it. Yet Jesus
goes to the cross anyway. Yeah. Like for them
and for us, all three of them are guilty of their
own things. And Jesus still goes willingly, even
though he could call the angels at any point.
And he willingly confronts the powers and the
principalities, as Paul's going to talk about
it. The powers of... religion institution yeah
the political institutions and like the regional
institutions like he confronts their power and
is like nah bro It's going to be different. And
all of y 'all have messed up, but I'm still going
to go there for you. We're going to get some
stuff sent in on this one. Care of Spencer McDowell
at Love and Context Podcast. Yeah, send it to
Spencer McDowell at Love and Context Podcast
because that will get bounced right back to you.
I have no idea where that would go. I don't either.
But it's also important to note that Jesus didn't
want to do this. Like he did it because he loves
us. Right. But you have in the garden where he's
like, Lord, take this cup from me. Yeah. Right.
I don't want to do this. We talked about that.
Yeah. Right. He was like, I don't want to do
this, but I know that you need this done. Yeah.
But I've heard in biblical teaching a lot of
times like, oh, Jesus wanted to go to the cross.
I was like, no, he did it because he loves us.
I think it's more accurate to say Jesus wanted
the result of going to the cross. Yeah. But he
did not want to go there. Yeah. Right. Right.
And because it's pretty clear he doesn't like
it. He's dripping sweat that looks like blood.
Yeah. And I have conversations with students
every day where I was like, hey, I know you don't
want to be doing this right now, but every day
everybody has things they don't want to do. Yeah.
Right. Every day we have things we don't want
to do and we have to be OK with that. And we
still have to find a way to do that. And actually,
I had one kid. Like, what's one thing you do
at your house that you don't want to do? I was
like, clean the toilets, do the dishes, laundry,
fix the siding, fix the floor, rip out drywall
when I have to fix electrical issues. And I just
rambled down this list. Yeah, there's a lot of
things you do in your house that you don't want
to do, but you want at home. Yeah, but that's
the thing. It's like we have to realize that.
When we are reaching the lost, when we are going
into places where there's people who need Jesus,
we might have to do some things we don't want
to do. Yeah. Right? I think there's also, when
we are reading these, and because I encouraged
us when we were listening to Jesus confronting
the leadership, I think that we need to be careful
and say, hey, do any of these infiltrate us?
Are we guilty of any of these things that we
want? We want to be entertained, and we have
contempt for things that don't do what we want
them to do. There is three theological lenses
that I kind of put here that I thought were really
interesting that takes place in these trials.
There's substitution and irony. Right. In that
the innocent is condemned so that the guilty
can go free with Barabbas. Right. And that the
judge of the world, Jesus, the only one capable
of judging the world is then judged by the world.
Yeah. Right. Yeah. There's also this kingdom
of God clashing with the kingdom of man. Jesus's
kingdom is not built by coercion. That's why
both the religious and the political systems
do not get him. Because both religious and political
systems rely on coercion a lot of times. By the
way, if you have to be convinced to follow God,
it's problematic. You shouldn't have to convince
people to follow Jesus. There is an invitation.
But you have to be willing to lay your life down.
And then the last one is this motif of truth
that comes up very frequently in this conversation.
Jesus says, I came to bear witness to the truth.
and pilot's like what is truth and then goes
and promptly ignores it right claiming to want
truth but when truth is staring you in the face
you're like it's not the truth i want it's not
the truth i want right it's not speaking my truth
right Side note, if you want a good little listen
on Jesus and Barabbas, Judas Smith does a really
good sermon. This was 15, 20 years ago, but still
really good. I'll see if I can find it and throw
it in the show notes. If it's not there, you
know that I didn't find it. You should be able
to find it on YouTube pretty easily. I think
I wanted to slow down and just really understand
what was going on here. Because Jesus, later
when Paul is talking in Ephesians and other books,
and he's talking about the powers and the principalities,
this is what's going on right now. It's not actually
people that Jesus is warring with. He's warring
against the powers behind the people. And he's
overcoming each one of them, ultimately going
to his coronation, which we're going to talk
about next week, which happens on the cross.
Two weeks on the crucifixion and one week on
the resurrection. And just talking about those,
we may even talk about some of the things that
people say are in the text or not in the text,
but are definitely there. Yes, people do that.
Yeah, they do that sometimes. We're going to
talk about the crucifixion itself and what's
going on in that process. But then I think the
second week, you and I talked about just talking
about what is the sermon that Jesus preaches
from the cross. And we're going to actually go
and we're going to pull out what he's actually
preaching to them while he's sitting there dying.
Yeah. Because it's pretty cool. Yeah. Well, I
was like staring you down. You're like, which
of us is going to say it? I got it. Yeah, I got
it. There is a lot to dissect in what we just
covered. So this just if you want to dive deeper
into just his trial, please do. We just kind
of skipped a stone. on it there's a lot more
going on yeah and please dive deeper into that
um so but we're just gonna let you take what
you want to take from that yeah all right so
we look forward to next time bye And that's a
wrap for today's episode of Love and Context.
We hope this conversation encouraged you and
gave you fresh insights into how we can better
love God and others through the powerful truths
of the Bible. We'd love to hear from you. Send
your questions, thoughts, or suggestions to loveandcontext
at gmail .com. Your feedback means the world
to us and helps shape future episodes. Stay connected
with us on social media for updates, behind the
scenes content, and additional resources. You
can find us on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and
Facebook at loveandcontext. love and context.
Be sure to hit that follow button and join our
growing community. Thanks for being part of the
love and context family. Remember, love is at
the heart of it all. Until next time, keep seeking
wisdom, embracing love, and living out your faith
in today's world.