Taylor Mertins

14th Sunday After Pentecost – Lift High the Doorpost

Exodus 12.1-14, Ezekiel 33.7-11, Romans 13.8-14, Matthew 18.15-20; What is the Passover? Why is Ezekiel so weird? Is Christianity immoral? These and more questions on this episode of Strangely Warmed.

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13th Sunday After Pentecost – Discerning the Devil

Exodus 3.1-15, Jeremiah 15.15-21, Romans 12.9-21, Matthew 16.21-28; How can you tell when God is speaking? How can we comfort those who are mourning? How do you know when the devil is at work? These and more questions on this episode of Strangely…

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12th Sunday After Pentecost – Out Of The Water

Exodus 1.8-2.10, Isaiah 51.1-6, Romans 12.1-8, Matthew 16.13-20; How important are our names? What should we remember about the past? What makes a holy kiss holy? These and more questions on this episode of Strangely Warmed with special guest Rev….

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11th Sunday After Pentecost – Disobedience and Mercy

Genesis 45.1-15, Isaiah 56.6-8, Romans 11.1-2, 29-32, Matthew 15.21-28; How is the bible all about reconciliation? Who will God bring to the holy mountain? Should we identify with being Israel or with being Gentiles? These and more questions on this…

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10th Sunday After Pentecost – The Power of Sheer Silence

Genesis 37.1-4, 12-28, 1 Kings 19.9-18, Romans 10.5-15, Matthew 14.22-33; What happens if you skip over vital sections of scripture? How does God speak through silence? Who will be saved? These and more questions on this episode of Strangely Warmed…

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9th Sunday After Pentecost – Limping with God

Genesis 32.22-31, Isaiah 55.1-5, Romans 9.1-5, Matthew 14.13-21; What happens when you encounter the living God? Should children be included in worship? How many goldfish are too many goldfish? These and other questions on this episode of Strangely…

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8th Sunday After Pentecost – The Sticky Wicket

Genesis 29.15-28, 1 Kings 3.5-12, Romans 8.26-39, Matthew 13.31-33, 44-52; How long would you work to find the perfect spouse? What should we really pray for? What can separate us from God? These and more questions on this episode of Strangely Warmed.

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7th Sunday After Pentecost – An Altar Call To Dust

Genesis 28.10-19a, Isaiah 44.6-8, Romans 8.12-25, Matthew 13.24-30, 36-43; Should the altar call come before or after the sermon? Is it better to be like the stars in the sky or the dust of the earth? These and more questions on this episode of…

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6th Sunday After Pentecost – A Sower Went Out To Sow

Genesis 25.19-34, Isaiah 55.10-13, Romans 8.1-11, Matthew 13.1-9, 18-23; What if we’re stuck with the soil we’ve got? What if our entire lives are about wrestling with God? These questions and more in this episode of Strangely Warmed.

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5th Sunday After Pentecost – Like Children In The Marketplace

Genesis 24, Zechariah 9.9-12, Romans 7.15-25a, Matthew 11.16-19, 25-30
Taylor recorded the episode by himself as he and Teer moved to new appointments last week and the team couldn’t get it all together. Have mercy.

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