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Mark and David discuss Family Force 5, their live show energy and push for audience participation, hairstyles, rock/rap/crunk genre, misinterpreting themes and immature double meanings and possibly intentionally dumb lyrics, drugs as a metaphor for faith, comparison of the band to DC Talk, breakdancing, Southern rap-rock, drama queens and diss tracks and their descriptions of young love. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

Mark and David have a brief talk on the Star Wars TV show Kenobi. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

Mark and David talk about the film Ushpizin and the Sukkot (Tabernacles) holiday, what etrogs taste and smell like and usually cost, temporary dwellings (sukkah), pruning trees, humor in the film, the "wanted" unwanted guests, Israel and the Haredi community --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

We discuss Messianic pioneer LAMB's 1978 album Songs for the Flock  and discuss early Messianic music, other bands called lamb, lamb and sheep metaphors, shorter album and song lengths, songs of judgement, harmonies, worship songs and dance worship songs and what makes a "messianic" sound. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

Mark and David talk about the two versions of Shalom Sesame and their different approach on education with a focus on the Shabbat holiday (especially Shabbat Shalom Grover). We also talk about different adaptations of Sesame Street and include our Shabbat Shalom song at the end. Shalom Sesame playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9WtQjGUcEzk1oOaEnziJxahZK7dW5I8f --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

We discuss the 1998 animated film, breaking down the songs and score, the voice acting, animation and CGI, the characters' relationships, Biblical accuracy, the voice of God, Moses, Zepporah, the Egyptian priest's magic or illusions, scrapped comedy sidekicks, the prequel film, ending the film on the Ten Commandments, and we discus our pitch for a possible sequel. Happy Passover/Pesach! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

Mark and David talk to David's father Rabbi Barney Kasdan (God's Appointed Times, Biblical commentaries) about Biblical archaeology, including theories about the Ark of the Covenant in Egypt, Babylon or Israel theories as well as the second Temple without the ark, Ron Wyatt's claim to have found the Ark, archaeology as a science, the Baruch seal, historical access to the scriptures, the Temple Mount Sifting Project, Pontius Pilate stone and where to keep up on the research. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

Mark and David discuss Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. They discuss the Ark of the Covenant, the Rise of Skywalker, the Angel of Death, Macguffins, Mark visiting Egypt, the Indiana Jones Disneyland ride, WWII and the Middle East, Egypt in the Bible, some speculation on Indy 5 and more! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

Judah talks with David about music going from records to digital, adapting technology, what genres work well on a Messianic radio station, his podcast and blog, paying artists and touring economics, mainstream Jewish artists, Middle Eastern sound, pop music, and political views within  Messianic believers. His work is on messianicradio.com and messianicchords.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

We talk about the animated classic An American Tail which includes a Hanukkah scene. We also talk about Jewish culture vs direct references to Judaism, Hebrew writing, 1885, parallels under occupation, whether the cats are anti-semites or mobsters, our ancestors and immigration, Fiddler on the Roof parralels, the songs, name changes, Fievel being reckless and the sequels and tv show, video rental stores. After the credits there are short bonus discussion about the books of Revelation and Daniel and also about the movie Balto. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

We discuss playing live with Navi, review their album Where We Are and also talk about Relient K, Irish and pirate music, optimistic vs pessimistic themes, arrangements and songs entirely in Hebrew. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

Switchfoot- Learning to Breathe We talk about seeing the band before they became famous, their surfing, meanings of the title track, their punkiest song, their skydiving music video, Jon Foreman's resemblance to Kurt Kobain, one song neither of us are a fan of, and much more! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

We discuss themes in the Darren Aronofsky take on a Biblical epic with Noah We discuss liberal interpretations of the Bible, environmentalism and industrialization, Noah's status as a prophet, Methuselah as a mystic, the creation sequence, the Creator, the cycles of violence, and what makes a film Christian or Jewish or neither. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

We discuss Messinaic hip hop group Hazakim's second album Theophanies and also talk about apologetics, the 3-dimensional New Jerusalem, the music business, "seeing god face to face" and Golgatha. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

We discuss "our" one hit wonders- the one and only song by an artist that we each individually really like. (It's a bit of a back-handed compliment but we do like these songs.) These songs might or might not match up with the traditional definition where a single song is popular. At the end of the episode we also get into a discussion of cover songs in general and talk a little about Star Wars music themes. Mark's songs: That Thing You Do by The Wonders (formerly The Oneders), Whiplash by Beanbag, One Time by Earthsuit, You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet by Bachman-Turner Overdrive  David's songs: Rembrandts-I’ll Be There For You (Friends theme), The Agony scene- Paint it black, Franz Ferdinand- Take Me Out, Britney Spears- Toxic --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

We discuss one of our favorite bands Project 86 and possibly their best album Drawing Black Lines. There's a lot of subjective lyrics and we discuss rap-rock, Christian and secular music and the music business, suffering in the world, their live shows and more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

We review the debut EP from The Accident Experiment and talk about Pete Stewart's views of religion, Marcos split with P.O.D. as it pertains to this recording and general thoughts on Arena's negative themes and we try and discuss what the lyrics are actually talking about. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

We discuss P.O.D. - Brown, an early release before the band became famous. We get into their scriptural references as well as Babylon, "punks", San Diego, NWA and more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

We talk about the VeggieTales version of the story of Esther, which is the basis of the Jewish holiday Purim. We discuss the show in general and other Christian children's entertainment like McGee and Me. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support

Mark and David discuss meeting him, traditional prayers, the different eras the songs take place in from the Torah to the New Testament, present day and the future. In the post credits we threw in a conversation we had about artists with same name and other things only loosely connected to the artist. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/messianicmedia/support