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392 Jesus said. . . That?! (8) Don't Give Pearls to Swine

In the same sermon wherein he told us, "love your enemies," Jesus said, "do not give what is holy to dogs; and do not throw your pearls before swine." Why would a loving Jesus teach us to call someone a pig? In this episode I work through the Old Testament, First Century Jewish, and Jesus-ian layers of this strange onion of a saying. There are several practical for-the-now applications of Jesus' meaning here. More, it shows us something about whom Jesus really was. At the show's opening I work through the burgeoning transhumanism movement. What is it about? What does it want? Who comprises the transhume crowd? What are their philosophical commitments? Is it theological or more narrowly spiritual? Come laugh and think with me.