The Burros of Berea Podcast

In this episode of Rick and Elaine Discuss the Book of Job, we begin by sharing the joy of the growing community forming around this study. From Lannette’s encouragement about the theme song to Deana’s tears over the Hebrew meaning of Yahweh’s name, “hand, behold, nail, behold,” we are reminded that this is more than an academic exercise. It is fellowship. It is worship. It is the Word of God knitting hearts together across contine...

In this episode of Rick and Elaine Discuss the Book of Job, we move into Job chapter 15 and begin to see what is really happening beneath the surface of the dialogue. As we reflect on how far we have come in the book, we remind ourselves and our listeners that Job is not about discovering why Job suffers. That mystery was dismantled in the opening chapters. Instead, we explore how humans speak about God, how they speak to God, and ...

In this episode, I sat down with my dear friend and sister in Christ, Karen Ogea, Executive Director of the Eagle Mountain Pregnancy Help Center in Azle, Texas. This conversation is at times very difficult. We discuss abortion at the State and Federal levels, as well as the abortion pill epidemic across the United States.

Karen had the opportunity to share a presentation about her work with 41 pastors from around her area to discuss...

In this episode of Rick and Elaine Discuss the Bible, we found ourselves stepping into one of those conversations where everything starts connecting in real time. What began as a continuation of our discussion on Matthew 27 quickly turned into a deep dive through Daniel 12, Luke 16, John 11, and beyond, as we wrestled with what it truly means for the “dead” to rise. Along the way, we explored the idea that resurrection is not simpl...

In this episode of Rick and Elaine Discuss the Bible, we stepped into one of the strangest and most fascinating moments in all of Scripture: Matthew 27 and the mysterious raising of the saints. What exactly was Matthew showing us when he said tombs were opened and many holy ones appeared after Christ’s resurrection? Were literal dead bodies walking around Jerusalem, or was Matthew revealing something deeper about the moment the old...

In this episode of Rick and Elaine Discuss the Book of Job, we settle into one of the most important turning points in the book as Job shifts from defending himself before his friends to speaking directly to God. We spend concentrated time in Job chapters 13 and 14, watching Job dismantle the shallow theology being projected onto him and openly challenge his friends for misrepresenting God. We talk through the courtroom language Jo...

In this episode of Rick and Elaine Discuss the Book of Job, we focus tightly on Job 12 and the moment where Job turns from absorbing his friends’ accusations to directly challenging their theology. We talk through Job’s sharp, almost sarcastic opening, where he calls out the false assumption that wisdom belongs only to the confident and the comfortable. We examine how Job exposes retribution theology by pointing out that robbers pr...

I sat down with my friend, Lilly Marie to hear her personal testimony. I met Lilly through Facebook and through her YouTube comments during my conversation with Alan Bondar called God in the Matrix and immediately loved her brutal honesty. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

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In this episode of Rick and Elaine Discuss the Book of Job, we slow down and sit with the weight of Job’s story in a way that feels deeply human and deeply necessary. We walk carefully through Job 11 and Zophar’s harsh response, unpacking how certainty without compassion can wound rather than heal, and how truth, when misapplied, becomes cruelty instead of wisdom or care for others. As we reflect together, we keep returning to the ...

In this episode of Rick and Elaine Discuss the Book of Job, we continue our slow and honest walk through Job’s response to his friends, focusing especially on chapters 9 and 10. From that opening point forward, we explore together what it means to wrestle with God from a place of genuine suffering rather than abstract theology. We reflect on Job’s growing realization that his pain cannot be neatly explained by moral formulas or inh...

It's funny. I discovered author William James Rankine Taylor from a Google search on books by Full Preterists and I saw a link to Walmart's website where one was offered. Little did I know, that same individual was recently interviewed by Tim Martin (author of Beyond Creation Science and content creator of Covenant Creation's YouTube Channel). Thankfully Tim graciously introduced me to him and got me this interview. And it was a bl...

In this episode of Rick and Elaine Discuss the Book of Job, we move deeper into the tension of Job’s dialogue with his friends and begin to see just how dangerous “good theology” can become when it is detached from compassion. As we walk through Bildad’s response in Job 8, we explore how tradition, inherited assumptions, and rigid cause-and-effect thinking shape his worldview and drive his conclusions about Job’s suffering. By keep...

In this fifth episode of Rick and Elaine Discuss the Book of Job it quickly becomes one of those conversations that invites you to slow down and sit with the text rather than rush past it. As we work through Job chapters 4 through 7, the discussion moves naturally between Scripture, lived experience, and honest wrestling with suffering. What stands out most is the care taken to distinguish between speaking about God and actually sp...

This episode of Rick and Elaine Discuss the Book of Job is one of the most emotionally weighty and theologically rich conversations in the series so far. From the opening point on, we slow down and allow Job chapter 3 to speak for itself, carefully distinguishing between narrative prose and dense Hebrew poetry, and feel the raw grief rather than rush past it. We honor the honesty of Job’s lament, showing that Scripture does not shy...

In this episode of Rick and Elaine Discuss the Book of Job, we slow down and sit in the ashes with Job. We wrestle with questions most of us try to avoid. Is God still good when everything is stripped away? What does faith look like when suffering becomes personal, prolonged, and deeply unfair? We explore Job’s silence, his refusal to curse God, and the haunting question posed by his wife, “Do you still hold fast your integrity?” a...

Well... you asked and so you shall receive! I'm going to release the audio from my study with Elaine Ray Clark on the Book of Job here on our Burros of Berea Podcast feed.

In Episode 2 of Rick and Elaine Discuss The Book of Job, the conversation deepens as we step into one of the most challenging and misunderstood passages in all of Scripture. Together, Elaine Ray Clark and I wrestle honestly with suffering, testing, and the role of...

In this episode of The Burros of Berea, I sat down with Brad Robertson, founder of Grace Reach, whose journey from traditional church life through burnout, hyper dispensationalism, and ultimately into fulfilled eschatology is as honest as it is compelling. Brad shares how a lifelong passion for Scripture was nearly buried beneath what he calls “toxic discipleship,” a system that emphasizes spiritual performance over the finished wo...

In this deeply moving testimony episode, I sit down with my friend Shan Morgan to trace the quiet, resilient faith that carried her through childhood loss, trauma, and profound grief. Shan shares her earliest memories of encountering Jesus in the aftermath of her father’s sudden death, the stabilizing influence of faithful aunts, and the long road of healing after severe abuse. Her story is honest without being sensational, tender ...