Dewey Bertolini's Podcast

My heart goes out to Jesus. After preparing for this week's PODCAST, I feel such a profound sense of compassion for Him. Thing of it is... I knew that the religious leaders of Jesus’ day hated Him. I understood that at this point in His ministry they no longer regarded Him as an irritation to be tolerated or a troublesome teacher to be discredited. Now they saw Him as a colossal threat to be killed. I got all of that. What I didn’t get until this week was how toxic -- both to Jesus and to the precious people to whom He ministered -- the religious environment in which Jesus found Himself had become. Even more significantly, the source of its toxicity. And even more significantly, what it means to our lives today. The challenges He faced within His own religious tradition were overwhelming. So are ours. Trust me when I say that we have a sympathetic Savior who knows all about it. He's been there, and lives to tell the tale. Please remember that depending upon your web browser and connection speed, it may take u