WelshRev's Podcast

What happens when an ancient power-naming strategy meets Jesus of Nazareth in a Capernaum synagogue?Across Egyptian magical texts, Greek exorcism manuals, and fairy tales like Rumpelstiltskin, the logic is consistent: know the true name of a being, gain power over it.When the unclean spirit in Ma…

Every teacher quotes someone. That's how authority works: you borrow it. Rabbis in first-century Judaism built their entire teaching method on citation. You stood on someone else's shoulders and pointed upward.Then Jesus walked into a synagogue in Capernaum and just... spoke.No rabbi quot…

We read about singing planets from time to time, but ...What if the universe has never been silent?In this Super Short Thought, we pause at one of the most breathtaking moments in the whole of Scripture — the closing vision of Revelation 5, where John hears every creature in heaven, on earth, u…

We all feel it - the weight of a world that doesn't make sense.War, suffering, unanswered prayer, injustice that goes on and on.Is anyone in control?Does any of it mean anything?In this episode of Word for the Week, we 'open a window' into Heaven - and what we see there answers the …

Bought?!What Revelation 5 Says About Belonging and Human DignityThe death of Jesus wasn't just a tragedy - or a moral lesson - but a transaction.How come?There's a line in an ancient song, sung in a vision of heaven, that I've never been able to shake:"By your blood you purchased peop…

Most of us know what it feels like to be on the outside looking in.But Revelation chapter 5 makes a claim that changes everything: every person bought by the blood of Jesus is given the status of a priest - direct access to God, no CV required, no reputation needed, no gatekeeping ... just follo…