Shows
Bad Marriages in the BibleHeart Surgery - Matthew 5Sean and Kate introduce Jesus' famous Sermon On the Mount in Matthew 5 and help correct very common misinterpretations. When Jesus preaches he is your heart surgeon...applying God's Word directly where it matters most. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2026-01-2336 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleAlien Invasion - Matthew 1 and Luke 1Sean and Kate discuss God breaking into our world and how pastoral God is to Jesus' family. It's an encouragement to us all with the difficulties and obstacles we face in our own lives. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2026-01-0638 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleSkeletons in Jesus' Family Closet - Matthew 1Sean and Kate continue their discussion of Jesus' family tree in Matthew 1. It is a greatest hits list of some of the biggest bad marriages that they have covered througout the Old Testament, and it drives home Jesus' mission to forgive, save, and redeem. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-12-1935 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleWhen Jesus Looked Up His Family on Ancestry.com - Matthew 1 and Luke 3What does the season of Advent have to do with Jesus' family tree? Sean and Kate dicsuss how Jesus' genealogies in Matthew and Luke reveal God's faithfulness to all the people who are banking on him by faith. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-12-1141 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleOut With A Bang - Part 1 - Malachi 1 and 2The Old Testament ends with a devastating word of conviction against which none of us can stand, and yet Malachi makes sure to remind us of God's enduring love for his people. Sean and Kate describe the unmerciful act of lessening the law and giving empty affirmation instead of true grace for sinners in Jesus Christ. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-11-2539 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleGod Is Your Defender - Joel 3Sean and Kate conclude their discussion of Joel highlighting how the end of the world is good news and that God's justice is different from ours...thank God! Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-11-0537 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Day of the Lord - Joel 1-2Sean and Kate discuss how the prophet Joel bursts Judah's bubble regarding the Day of the Lord. God would deal with his people first through the ravaging locusts before dealing their enemies. Once again revealing God's pattern of death and resurrection in our lives. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-10-0833 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleBeing Repented - How God Takes Us Through Detox - Hosea 10Sean and Kate dive deeper into Hosea 10 showing how repentance happens to us. It is the work of God and not something we do. He detoxes us from our sin so that we might recognize our need for his saving grace. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-09-2335 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleA God Who Can Do Something About It - Hosea 8-10Sean and Kate discuss Hosea continuing to diagnose how our hearts are unable to turn upward, so God comes down to us. He is against our sin but for us in Jesus. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-09-1037 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleMercy Not Sacrifice - Hosea 4-7Sean and Kate walk through the hard passages of judgment yet they uncover how God loves us passionately, like a husband loves his wayward bride, and mourns our sin like betrayal in marriage. He uncovers the fact that we cannot turn to him; he must intervene and save. That's just where Hosea is going… Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-09-0543 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleBetter than Raisin Cakes and Chocolate Chips - Hosea 3Sean and Kate discuss Hosea 3 and the love that redeems our wayward hearts. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-08-1233 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleOur Bad Marriage - Intro to HoseaWe finally make it to Hosea...one of the main books that inspired this podcast. Sean and Kate intro Hosea and discuss the bondage of humanity and how God addresses us there. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-07-0943 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleBeyond the Headlines - the Book of DanielSean and Kate discuss the wisdom of Daniel and Jesus as we face a world in upheaval. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-07-0133 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleFacing the Music - Ezekiel 16 - Our 100th Episode!!!Our 100th episode!!! Kate and Sean review God's two words of law and gospel and how the prophet Ezekiel uses them to give an everlasting hope to Judah when they were at their worst. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-06-1047 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleLove, War, and Lucky Charms - Jeremiah 3Sean and Kate jump into Jeremiah and discuss how God aggressively comes after us in our faithlessness. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-05-0937 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleA Resurrected Marriage - Isaiah 54Happy Easter! Kate and Sean discuss jealousy vs. envy and a love that makes you sing in Isaiah 54. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-04-2237 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleBad Grapes - Isaiah 5Isaiah 5 opens with a song for God's vineyard that at first glance sounds like the original break-up song (eat your heart out, Taylor), but Sean and Kate discuss how it actually points ahead to very needed good news. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayers needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-04-0736 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleOur Bad Marriage with God - Isaiah 1 and 2Sean and Kate introduce the book of Isaiah, which zeroes in on the tribe of Judah and their rocky relationship with God exposing our unfaithfulness to him and his never ending love for us. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-03-2024 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleA Threefold Cord - Ecclesiastes 4:9-12Is there any meaning to life??? Ecclesiastes asks the question and reveals the answer is "no" if this world is all that there is, but "yes" if there is a God who created it and us. Kate and Sean unpack the good news for married and single people in Ecclesiastes 4. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-03-1139 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Truth Behind the Domestic Goddess - Proverbs 31Sean and Kate dive into Proverbs 31 and show the word of rebuke for men and women alike and the powerful grace of Jesus loving us like an excellent mother and wife. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show (select Dandelion Ministries from the "Purpose" drop down menu) Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-03-0339 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleWho Can Bear It? - Proverbs 30:18-23Sean and Kate dig into the confusing statements about relationships in Proverbs 30 and reveal the convicting word, which begs the question, "Who can bear our broken love?" Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-02-2639 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Quarrelsome Woman vs. the Cruel ManKate and Sean march through the marriage proverbs of Proverbs and get very proverbial. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show - select Dandelion Ministries in the "select a purpose" drop down menu. Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-02-1237 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleShe'll Eat You Alive - Proverbs 6-8Sean and Kate discuss how the Lord exposes the empty promises of temptation and redeems them with his true promises that satisfy your soul. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-01-3145 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Lumineers, Love Actually, and Proverbs 5With the help of The Lumineers and Love Actually, Sean and Kate discuss Proverbs 5. A father giving his son clear warning against the temptation toward adultery and directing him back to the wife of his youth. How does this mirror of Proverbs 5 push us to grace? Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-01-2434 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Heart Surgery of Proverbs - Proverbs 2Sean and Kate explore the use of the Woman of Wisdom and the Woman of Folly - God exposes our folly and desperate need for wisdom and then promises to give that wisdom to us as a gift. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2025-01-1333 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleChristmas Edition 2024 - Luke 1Merry Christmas from Bad Marriages in the Bible!!! Kate and Sean take a look at Luke's accounts of the angel Gabriel visitng Zechariah and Mary, the great news he brings, and why he handles them very differently. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-12-1841 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleYour Royal Wedding - Psalm 45Sean and Kate move into the Psalms. Psalm 45 paints the picture of amazingly good news that we are the Bride of the Lord's in the ultimate royal wedding. They discuss how it is the promised fulfillment of all of our deepest desires for safety and love. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-12-0334 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleGoing Through Hell TogetherWe experience the brokenness of this world in a couple of different ways...some of it is a result of our actions (what we have done and what we have not done) and some of it is just the result of living in a fallen world (natural disasters, disease, death). Sean and Kate share some of their own experience of loss and suffering and how the Lord carried them through. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org The Center Pure D...
2024-11-2738 min
Bad Marriages in the Bible"Swingin' On the Gallows Pole" - Esther 5-10The tables turn on Haman, and his plans for Jewish genocide and murder end with him hung on his own gallows. Sean and Kate unpack how God intervened through the brave and shrewd Esther to save his people and exact revenge on their enemies. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-10-1538 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleFor Such A Time As This - Esther 3-4Arrogance, a centuries long feud, and the threat of genocide set the stage for the dramatic turn in Esther. Sean and Kate discuss Esther's bravery in the face of almost certain death, the divine hand leading her, and how she foreshadows the amazing grace of Jesus for his people. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-10-0837 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Bachelor Begins - Esther 2Did you know the show the Bachelor began 2500 years ago? The first episode took place in ancient Persia and is recorded for us in the book of Esther. Sean and Kate discuss how God graciously works his plan of redemption through the brokenness of this world...like beauty contests. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-10-0134 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleA King Denied - Esther 1Control and objectification never make for a healthy marriage. Sean and Kate jump into the book of Esther and discuss the the bravery of a wife standing up to an abusive husband and the good news of God who sees and cares for the oppressed. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-09-2634 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleMarriage and Money - The Widow's OilSean and Kate look at 2 Kings 4 where Elisha helps the recent widow with her big financial problems and how this points ahead to God's provision for us in Jesus. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-07-1529 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Power CoupleSean and Kate discuss the unholy power couple Ahab and Jezebel in 1 Kings 17-21 and their run in with Elijah. We see God turning his people's hearts back from the idols that were killing them. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-07-0140 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleSong of Solomon - the Grand FinaleAs the book ends praising the bride for her virginity, Sean and Kate pull out the forgiving and redeeming love of Jesus, which makes marriage into a safe place for honesty, healing, passion for two broken people. - Song of Solomon 8:8-14 Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-06-1736 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleLeaning On Your BelovedWhat do modern art and alternative rock have to do with the Song of Solomon? Listen to Sean and Kate to find out. They discuss the beauty of vulnerability and dependence and how it leads to greater intimacy and passion. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-06-1333 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleLong Lasting LoveLove through the joy and pain of sharing a lifetime together, which are like the choice fruits, new as well as old. Song of Solomon 7:11-8:4 Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-06-0435 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleHis Desire Is For MeAfter reassurance and reconcliation, the bride and the bridegroom have great make up sex. Sean and Kate unpack the gospel in the passage and what redeemed deisre looks like.
2024-05-2334 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleNew DawnFriendship is the bedrock of initimacy - problems in the bedroom get sorted out in the living room. God's grace never runs out and never runs away. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-05-1344 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleConflictConflicts are inevitable even with couples that really love each other and are full of passion for one another as this book shows. In Jesus this conflict will lead to forgiveness and a stronger bond between them. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-05-0639 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleNew GardensSean and Kate celebrate the climax of the book as the Bride and Groom consumate their marriage in an outpouring of mutal love, poetry, and affirmation. They pull out the gospel promise of restoration for all people everywhere using: John 4, Ezekiel 36:35-36, Isaiah 51:3, and 58:11. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-04-2940 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleGetting Safe to Get It OnIn Song of Solomon 4 we have an up close view of the wedding day. Admiration leads to vulnerabilty...we are all desperate to be truly seen and wanted and to feel safe. Sex belongs in this context. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-04-2242 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Wedding ProcessionYou are extravagantly loved and highly protected. Listen to Sean and Kate unpack Song of Solomon 3:6-11 to find out how this wedding celebration applies to you. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministrie.org
2024-04-1534 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleLove Hurts - Song of Solomon 3:1-5Masters of the Air, The Avett Borthers, Nazareth, and attachment theory help Kate and Sean unpack the good kind of pain in the love between the bride and groom. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionminitries.org
2024-04-0839 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleAll Night LongYoung stags, the Lego Movie, Lionel Ritchie, deaf and blind lost cats all help us to see the safety and security of belonging to the Lord and one another in marriage…and the good times it brings all night long. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-03-2535 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Power of Affirmation - Song of Solomon 1-2:7Sean and Kate employ the help of U2, Patrick Dempsey, and The Lumineers to bring to life the poetic imagery between the two lovers. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-03-2040 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleLoved Much - Song of Solomon 1-2:7With the help of Bad Company and the woman in Luke 7 Sean and Kate unpack the good news of this erotic love poem. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-03-1141 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleA Love Song from a Broken LoverKate and Sean discuss who wrote the Song of Solomon and how to read it. Good news is this book is not just for married people:) Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-03-0441 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleEntering into Song of SolomonIs sex easy or difficult to talk about for you? This little book gives us a picture of redeemed desire and opens up the discussion. In the words of Salt-N-Pepa, "Let's talk about sex, baby!" Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-03-0131 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleConsensual NonmonogamySean and Kate discuss how King Solomon's record of 700 wives and 300 concubines ( 1 Kings 11) and the current trend in our culutre toward what is being called "consensual nonmonogamy" both testify to our desperate need for a Savior. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-02-2334 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleDavid's Dysfunctional FamilySean and Kate discuss the terrible dysfunction among David's kids and how dark we can actually go as people. BUT God's grace is always stronger and goes to the absolute depths of our brokenness, to the point of death to bring new life and set us free. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-02-1637 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleIs God Just Rubbing David's Face In It?When we hear the New Testament refer to Bathesheba as "the wife of Uriah" is that just God rubbing David's face in his sin? Are we going to have to relive our worst moments over and over again for the rest of our lives? Sean and Kate discuss how God's redemption and healing work in our neediest places and the nature of a testimony. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-02-0540 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleDavid and Bathsheba and God's Work of RedemptionNo one likes to be confronted with our sin, but God brings it into the light to actually deal with it...to bring new life. We see him preach his two words of law and gospel to David through the prophet Nathan and bring redemption out of the destruction of David's sin. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-02-0136 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleDavid and Bathsheba and Our Best ThinkingIt's the one you've all been waiting for...the infamous David and Bathsheba bad marriage. We see the hero King David is just as much a sinner as the rest of us. How does God redeem this? Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-01-2233 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Fool and The BeautyDavid wants revenge against Abigail's idiot husband, but God sends Abigail to save David from himself and save the lives of many. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2024-01-0841 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleChristmas 2023Merry Christmas everyone! Sean and Kate take a little moment to discuss the challenges facing Jesus' parents and the miraculous work for which God chose them. Needless to say their relationship was certainly tested. We're praying you all have a blessed Christmas celebrating the coming of Immanuel - God with us! Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-12-2621 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleA Savior for When We're StuckIs there any hope for us when we're stuck? Sean and Kate continue to look at David's first wife, Michal, who was stuck in her resentments and bitterness as a result of the hurts and traumas she had suffered. Her story surprisingly gives us hope because she is just the kind of person Jesus came for. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-12-1936 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleFilling the Void - David and MichalWe feel our brokenness the most in the context of our relationships - the great need that each of us has for love. The Bible continually highlights this void and asks, "Who can fill it?" Sean and Kate discuss David's first marriage points us to the answer. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-12-1241 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleAbuse in the Name of GodEvery year the list of religious leaders exposed for abuse grows...using their position of authority and implied trust and respect to take advantage of or manipulate others. Sadly, this is nothing new. Sean and Kate look at how Samuel's first job from God was to expose this kind of abuse by the priest and his family. The Lord insured this story was recorded so that we might see that he sees us and hears us and does not abide abuse in his name. He has come to heal and restore. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show...
2023-12-0729 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleHannah's DesperationHow does God meet us in our place of desperation? Does he know our pain? Does he hear our cry? Kate and Sean discuss how Hannah's story brings great comfort to us when we're desperate and it seems like no one hears. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer requests: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-11-2734 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleRuth and BoazProvocative feet, an amazing mother-in-law, and big redemption await you in this dramatic conclusion of Ruth. Sean and Kate also discuss some tips on engaging with your family of origin this Thanksgiving holiday. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-11-2141 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleGleaningHaving difficult relationships with your in-laws is so common it's a cliche repeatedly played out in our movies and television shows, but the book of Ruth gives us a dramatically different picture of love between a daughter-in-law and her mother-in-law. Kate and Sean discuss how Ruth's love for Naomi displays Jesus' faithfulness to us. And they also enjoy some gleaning jokes...which we all love. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-11-1441 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleSamson and DelilahKate and Sean look at Samson's seriously self-destructive condependent relationship with Delilah and how God brings deliverance and redemption out of it. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-11-0637 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleSamson's HoneySean and Kate take a look at the culture of oppression, idolatry, and complacency and how God broke in to save his people using Samson's first bad marriage. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions/prayer concerns: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-11-0145 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleSamson's Parents and the AngelYou may have heard the stories about the strong man in the Bible who never cut his hair, but I bet you've never heard the story about his parents. Sean and Kate discuss Samson's parents and how their story is encouraging to any of us that are in the midst of a struggle. Check out our website: Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions and/or prayer needs: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-10-2438 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleJephthah and the Bad VowHave you ever made a vow in a place of fear and desperation that you deeply regret? Jephthah's vow is as bad as it gets. What hope is there for those of us who have made horrible vows in our lives? Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us you questions and/or prayer requests: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-10-1736 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleGideon's 70 SonsSean and Kate take a look at the man made famous by the Bible in your hotel room nightstand, Gideon, and his prodigious offspring. They focus in on the question of what is true deliverance? Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-10-1039 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleDeborahSean and Kate bounce off a good marriage in Judges to discuss how to understand the Bible, tribal warfare, and whether or not women should speak in church. Some articles we reference in this episode for your further edification: Seabiscuit, Zoolander, and Sonship; First Born 1, 2, and 3; and Ephesus Now. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-10-0243 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleWhy Are You So Judgy?Sean and Kate intro the book of Judges looking at the Israelites' patterns of unfiahtfulness, our unhealthy coping methods, and how God intervenes to meet our needs. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-09-2537 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Unlikely SaviorKate and Sean look at Jesus' Great (many times over) Grandma, who was the savior of Jewish spies in Jericho…and also happened to be a prostitute. Grandma's got some crazy stories! Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-09-1835 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleSuperwoman!Kate and Sean explain how trying to be the perfect wife and perfect husband in your marriage is a recipe for disaster. They look at the ideal wife in Proverbs 31, Woman Wisdom in Proverbs 1-9, and how they bring you the grace of Jesus. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-09-1147 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleBe Strong and CourageousReclaiming a word of encouragement that is often ripped out of context for Christian men. We take a closer look at the command that kills and the promise that gives life for all people. Special shout-outs to the Anglican Diocese of New England and Audrey Patra of Love Unveiled Ministries (Uganda). And learn more about the first Ugandan Martyrs (including the lesser known story of the lone woman martyr). Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-09-0443 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleFamily Dynamics and The Parable of the Two SonsSean takes a little moment to share some of what he will be preaching in Uganda and Kenya this week and looks at how family systems help us understand more of one of Jesus' most famous parables. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-08-2111 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleJesus Loves DivorceesSean and Kate discuss how Jesus answers questions about the laws against divorce...and more importantly how he engages and loves divorcees. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-08-1435 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleSimul Justus Et Peccator - It's Latin!Kate and Sean unpack the Christian paradox of being both fully righteous and fully a sinner at the same time. And they explain the good news of how Jesus speaks to us and creates new life. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-08-0845 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Law of Sex - Part 2Sean and Kate continue to show how the law of sex brings you to the grace of Jesus Christ. Kate references an awkward dinner party found in Luke 7 and the hope of true intimacy for broken lovers. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send Us Your Questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-07-3141 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Law of Sex - Part 1You knew we had to get there eventually with a podcast about marriage, and here we are. For the next few episodes we will be focusing on what the Bible has to say about sex. As is always the case we begin with the first word of the law and go from there. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-07-2536 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleBloody HusbandSean and Kate look at the surprising paragraph mentioning Moses' marriage in the book of Exodus and see how his wife, Zipporah, was counting on God's promise. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-07-1728 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleOur One and OnlySorry this is a day late everyone! Summer is setting in:) Sean and Kate discuss how the heart of the Bible, marriage, and relationships in general point us to God's love and desire for us. He is our one and only. FYI, we will be taking the next two weeks off for some summer vacation. We'll see you back here mid-July! Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-06-2729 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleA Good EndHappy Juneteenth! Sean and Kate discuss Joseph and Jacob's family finally healing.
2023-06-1941 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleJoe's Bros Go To EgyptMercy is stronger than resentment. God intervenes again to reconcile Joseph and his brothers. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-06-1237 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleJoseph's Jail TimeHow is God with us in the midst of suffering? And how does he use it for good in our lives? Kate and Sean discuss Joseph's time in jail to find some answers. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-06-0533 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe PitGood news when you are in the pit metaphorically and literally. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-05-3040 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleJudah and TamarJust when you thought things couldn't get worse in this family...they do...way worse! And still God's goodness shines through. Listen to what happens between Judah and his daughter-in-law, Tamar. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-05-2235 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleBrothers from Another MotherJacob's kids are a mess. Jealousy, favorites, resentments, lies, murderous plans...all point to Jesus? Dandelion Ministries Support the show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-05-1542 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleA Tale of Two BrothersKate and Sean discuss what happens when Jacob and Esau finally see each other again after 20 years. Does Esau still want to kill his brother? Is Jacob the still the same old trickster little sibling? Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-05-0837 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleWrestling with GodSean and Kate discuss Jacob wrestling with God and what it means to be a fighting Christian. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-05-0140 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe MandrakesAphrodisiacs, jealousy, rivalry, and the grace of God. Dandelion Ministries Support the show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-04-2437 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Real Housewives of IsraelSean and Kate look at Jacob's family in this episode. It hammers home that God loves and has grace for undeserving people and redeems our broken love. And they finally tackle the question of polygamy in the Old Testament. Dandelion Ministries Support the show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-04-1742 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleEasterSean and Kate discuss Easter and how it conveys God's loving pursuit of us.
2023-04-1037 min
Bad Marriages in the BiblePlaying FavoritesSean and Kate dive into Isaac's family and discuss the pitfalls of parents playing favorites and triangulation. God's grace is always undeserved and as we have seen every time so far it is stronger than sin. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-04-0338 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleGrace Happens to YouThe good news of God choosing you. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-03-2736 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleLike Father Like SonThis week Sean and Kate move on to the next generation with Isaac and Rebekah and see the reality of repeating family patterns and how to navigate them in a relationship. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-03-2040 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleKicking Aristotle Out of the HouseKate and Sean continue to look at how the New Testament, in this case Peter, uses Abraham and Sarah to show how the gospel undoes Aristotle and has vast implications for the household. Dandelion Ministries Support the Show Send us your questions sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-03-1348 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Freedom of FaithSean and Kate continue their discussion of what the New Testament has to say about Abraham and Sarah. Romans 4 highlights the amazing liberating news of the gift of faith from God. Dandelion Ministries Support the show Send us your questions: sean@dandelionministries.org
2023-03-0637 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleBring the Sadness Back InSean and Kate look at what the New Testament has to say about the scandal of Abraham's dysfunctional family. Galatians 4 uses Hagar and Sarah to explain how God brings the sadness back in order to forgive and heal us. Dandelion Ministries Support the show Send us your questions
2023-02-2731 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleWhen Things Went BadThat didn't take long! Kate and Sean get into Genesis 3 and discuss how the very first marriage went bad.
2023-01-2542 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleThe Beginning of MarriageSean and Kate dive into Genesis 1 and 2 and discuss how it all began and God's original intention for marriage.
2023-01-2430 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleWelcome to Bad Marriages in the BibleSean and Kate kick off Bad Marriages in the Bible with introductions and showing how our relationships are where we experience the greatest pain and also the greatest redemption.
2023-01-2320 min
Bad Marriages in the BibleBad Marriages in the Bible TrailerThe Bad Marriages in the Bible podcast unpacks the typically messy relationships in the Bible to show the power of forgiveness, reconciliation, and redemption...and tackles questions from listeners. Featuring the Revs Sean and Kate Norris, founders of Dandelion Ministries on Long Island, NY.
2023-01-1901 min