Dewey Bertolini's Podcast

“Epic,” as in Your-Salvation-and-Mine-Rides-or-Falls-on-This. I kid you not. This PODCAST is going to be fun, and so instructive. Instructive on two levels. 1. Instructive as we discover together exactly what Jesus meant here in Matthew 18:18-20. 2. Instructive as we are handed, courtesy of Jesus, an opportunity to learn what to do, and perhaps more importantly, what not to do with the Bible. As you are about to see, we must bring to this passage every interpretive tool in the tool box in order to arrive at an accurate interpretation and application of this passage. Let me put it this way: The Apostle Paul encouraged his protégé, young Pastor Timothy, to “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15). Do you know why Paul encouraged Timothy to handle the word of truth correctly? Because there were then, as there are now, scores of people -- pastors, teachers, conference speakers, authors, co